Holden v. Butler
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Eaton; Smith, J. Bill by Mary E. Holden against Eva B. Butler for an accounting, injunction, and general relief. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
In the year 1873, complainant’s husband died intestate, leaving three sons,. Daniel, James, and George, him surviving. The homestead, consisting of 40 acres of land in Eaton county, and a small amount of personal property, constituted his estate. Complainant and the boys continued to live on the homestead and manage the farm until some time in 1882, when Daniel, the oldest boy, married the defendant, and thereafter he undertook to manage the farm alone. About this time the dwelling was divided into two apartments; complainant and her sons James and George living in one, and Daniel and his…
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- Zeigler v. Valley Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
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