Draper v. Brown
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Bill by Mabel B. Draper against Henry D. Brown, individually, and as executor of the last will and testament of Cordelia Brown, deceased, Mary Brown, the People’s Savings Bank, and others, to re-establish a deed, to set aside a deed obtained by fraud, to set aside a mortgage, to construe a will and compel the execution of the trusts created thereby, and for an accounting.
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Appeal from the superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Bill by Mabel B. Draper against Henry D. Brown, individually, and as executor of the last will and testament of Cordelia Brown, deceased, Mary Brown, the People’s Savings Bank, and others, to re-establish a deed, to set aside a deed obtained by fraud, to set aside a mortgage, to construe a will and compel the execution of the trusts created thereby, and for an accounting. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The complainant, who was born October 31, 1870, is the only child of Henry D. and Cordelia Brown, nee Rogers, who were married June 20,1854, and who lived and cohabited together as husband and wife until the death of Cordelia, September 7, 1891. Complainant in October, 1892, married Morris B. Draper, and of the four children born to them, three, Helen Louise, Jerome Chester, and Morris B., who are made defendants and who appear by their guardian ad litem, are living. Henry D. Brown, who is now upwards of 79 years of age, was again married January 24, 1893, to Mary E. Combs, with whom he is…
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