Oliver v. Jessup's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee; Chester, J. ■ Charles H. Oliver presented a claim against the estate of Charles E. Jessup, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was allowed by the commissioners, and the estate appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment at the circuit for claimant, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
The claimant produced testimony tending to show that he and his sister, younger than himself, entered the family of deceased when claimant was about 13 years old; that they were cared for, clothed, educated, and treated as decedent’s children; that when claimant reached the age of 21 he and his sister continued in the Rouse of decedent; that decedent’s wife was in ill health for about two years and a half prior to her death, which occurred in May, 1899; that.decedent died suddenly of heart failure, in 1901. His testimony further tended to show that decedent expressed satisfaction with the…
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