Wirth v. Wirth
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Collins, J. Bertha Wirth presented for probate the last will and testament of Paul L. Wirth, deceased. . The will was disallowed in the probate court, and proponent appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for contestants on a verdict directed by the court, and proponent brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Paul L. Wirth and proponent, Bertha Wirth, were married in 1876. On April 1, 1892, *688Paul L. Wirth made the will in question. On April 19 of the same year he deposited the will in the office of the probate judge of Bay county, where it remained until his death on November 22, 1905. The testator and his wife, the proponent, continued to live together as husband and wife until November 8, 1897, when they separated. Proponent applied to the circuit court for Bay county, in chancery, for a divorce, and on May 8, 1899, a decree was granted dissolving the marriage between them. Pending the divorce…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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