Carr v. Lyle
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Van Burén; Yaple, J., presiding. Bill by John R. Carr and Levi Lyle, executors of the last will and testament of John Lyle, deceased, against Emma V. Lyle and others, to enforce an antenuptial contract. From an order overruling a plea to the bill, defendant Emma V. Lyle appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The following statement of facts is substantially taken from the brief of the solicitors for com*656plainants, and is fully supported by the record: This is an appeal from an order overruling a plea to a bill for the construction of a will, and for specific performance. The bill states the following matters: That August 19, 1896, the first wife of John Lyle, and mother of his children, died; that, for many years before his death, John Lyle had been a resident of the county of Van Burén, living on a farm, and was possessed of lands and personal property to the amount of $95,000', and indebted at…
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