Hagen v. Weber
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Mayne, J., presiding. Wilhelmina Hahn and Christian F. Hagen presented for probate the last will of Friedricke Weber, deceased. From an order allowing the will, Charles F. Weber appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for contestant. Proponents bring error.
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Error to Wayne; Mayne, J., presiding. Wilhelmina Hahn and Christian F. Hagen presented for probate the last will of Friedricke Weber, deceased. From an order allowing the will, Charles F. Weber appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for contestant. Proponents bring error. In this case, Friedricke Weber, the testatrix, on October 12, 1911, with all legal formalities, executed the following will: “I, Friedrica Weber, of the city of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, in manner…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). The record in this case shows without much dispute that the testatrix had for many years prior to her death been in the habit of indulging in the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. From the record we think it is not open to successful contradiction that this use tended to shorten the life of testratrix. It resulted finally in cirrhosis of the liver which was the immediate cause of her death. The evidence of Dr. Smith who treated her in the summer of 1911 is to the effect that she was then suffering from a progressive disease which would eventually weaken her…
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