Canfield v. Canfield
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Cross-Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan.
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, Circuit Judge.
This was a bill for an accounting against John Canfield, who died pending the action, for moneys and property alleged to be in his hands as trustee of Edward W. Canfield, deceased, belonging to Hattie H. Canfield, the complainant. The case *3turns principally on the proper construction to be given the will of Henry R. Canfield, who died at Racine, Wis., September 3, 1871. The will was probated in the probate court of Manistee county, Mich., where the deceased had left very considerable property interests. After giving $5,000 to his aunt Clara E. Marsh, $1,000 to Cyrus W.…
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