DeBuck v. Hillaert

Mrs. Lena Hillaert died testate in April, 1943. Upon filing of a petition in the Wayne county probate court for the probate of decedent’s will, her surviving husband, Alphonse Hillaert, filed objections to the admittance of the will to probate. The controversy was certified to the circuit court of Wayne county. Upon trial by jury the will was sustained. Contestant has appealed.

One of the grounds relied upon by contestant is that subsequent to the making of the will in suit, a common-law marriage was consummated between contestant and decedent, and contestant claims that in consequence of such…