Legal Opinion

Marx v. Morrison

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1918No. Docket No. 72PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error to Wayne; Des Voignes, J., presiding. John J. Marx and others presented for probate the last will of Frank Marx, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Gracie Marx Morrison appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for proponent on a directed verdict. Contestant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.

The testator, Frank Marx, an unmarried man, executed the will in question some eight months prior to his' death. He was 49 years old at the time of his decease. The will contained several specific bequests to relatives, friends, employees, and for religious and educational purposes, a specific devise of his interest in the Marx homestead to his sister and her daughter, and left the residue to his two brothers, John and William, and his two sisters, Emma and Henrietta, with the proviso that William’s heirs should hot take his share if William did not survive testator, but the heirs of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Heath v. WatersMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Campau v. CampauMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Snow v. McCrackenMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Noon v. MurrayMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
  2. In Re Cottrell's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
  3. People v. RichMichigan Supreme Court · 1927
  4. In Re Allen's Estate.Michigan Supreme Court · 1925
  5. In Re Anderson EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1958

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