Lilly v. Townsend
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Cass; Coolidge, J. Thomas J. Lilly presented for probate the will of- David Lilly, deceased. From an order probating the will, Florence L. Townsend appealed to the circuit, where the will .was again sustained. Contestant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
This is a contest over the will of David Lilly, who died March 18, 1894, aged 79 years. The will *254was executed January 26, 1894. At his death he left surviving him a widow, and several children and grandchildren. The will was contested on the ground of incompetency of the testator to make a will, and, as claimed by counsel for contestant, also upon the ground that the will as drawn did not express the intent of the testator in the disposition of his property. The testator was a man of considerable means.
The will was drawn by Henry Michael, a justice of the peace, and gives, first, to his wife,…
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