Legal Opinion
Cole v. Shaw
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 30, 1903No. Docket No. 49PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Petition by Martha L. Cole against Louise B. Shaw to compel defendant to give a new bond as residuary legatee, or, in default thereof, for the appointment of an administrator de bonis non. The petition was denied in .both the probate and circuit courts, and petitioner brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
John L. Shaw died in 1900, leaving a will, in which he gave and bequeathed to his wife, *500Louise B. Shaw, all his real and personal estate, subject, however, to a provision for his sister, which is as follows:
“ It is my will, and I give and direct, that the sum of three hundred dollars in money be paid to my said sister annually for her use and support as long as she shall live, and that it be paid to her by my executrix in equal sums of seventy-five dollars each, at the end of every three months from and after my decease.”
The will further directed that no inventory of his estate be required,…
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