Fraser v. Chene
Michigan Supreme Court
Case in Chancery, reserved from Wayne Circuit Court. Gabriel Chene, Senior, of Wayne County, on the 26th day of November, A.. D. 1829, made his will, and soon afterwards died.
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Case in Chancery, reserved from Wayne Circuit Court. Gabriel Chene, Senior, of Wayne County, on the 26th day of November, A.. D. 1829, made his will, and soon afterwards died. By his will he devised his farm, on which he was living, in the township of Hamtramclr, to his son Gabriel Chene, in these words: “I give and bequeath unto my beloved son, Gabriel Chene, my eldest, the farm I now reside on, for and .during his life-time, with all the appurtenances thereon; and after he, my said son, the said Gabriel Chene, is deceased, then the right, title and appurtenances of the aforesaid farm, is to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wing, J.
This is the fiist time the question presented by the record in this case has been brought under discussion in this Court. Ordinarily it is far preferable that questions of magnitude should be fully discussed by counsel on both sides, that the Court may have the benefit of all the research that can be brought to bear upgn them., When this case was brought to a hearing, we felt some regret that the defendants were not represented in the discussion by counsel; but having folly examined all the authorities cited by the complainant in person, we are satisfied that no research…
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