In re Bloss' Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb; Eldredge, J. Martha Crawford appealed from an order of the probate court allowing the account of the executor of the last will and testament of Lafurgy Bloss, deceased, and assigning to the widow realty under the will and one-half the residue of the personalty under the statute. The order was affirmed in the circuit court, and appellant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
Lafurgy Bloss died July 1, 1894, leaving a widow, daughter, and grandson. By his last will the widow was given a life estate in a five-acre homestead and a life use of one-third of all other realty and personalty. The will was duly probated, and within one year therefrom the widow elected to take her share of the personalty under the statute, waiving the provisions of the will as to that, and by the-same instrument she affirmed the disposition of the realty by the will. On a hearing in the probate, as well as in the circuit court on appeal, she was sustained in her contention that she might…
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