Webb v. Feather's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Charles M. Webb presented a claim against the estate of Caroline Feather, deceased. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment for claimant, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This appeal from the decision of the commissioners on claims was tried in the Washtenaw circuit court, where the claimant had judgment for the amount of the note in controversy. The note is for $250, signed by the deceased and her husband, Joseph Feather. The claim of the contestant is that the note was signed by the wife as surety for her husband; while the claimant contends that the. note was for money going to the deceased for her separate estate. It appeared on the trial that the deceased had a farm of 72- acres, and that she and her husband owned jointly another farm of 80 acres some 2…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Feather v. Feather's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
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