Legal Opinion
Ferris v. Neville
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 10, 1901PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Error to Bay; Maxwell, J. Rubie Eerris presented for probate an instrument claimed to be the last will and testament of Jacob E. Embody, deceased. The instrument was allowed in the probate court, and Albert D. Neville, as administrator of the estate of said deceased, and in his own right, appealed to the circuit. From a judgment for proponent, .contestant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the probate court of Bay county admitting to probate a certain writing which is claimed to be the last will and testament of Jacob E. Embody, deceased, who died May 8, 1898. The paper reads as follows:
“State of Michigan,
County of Bay.
“To Whom It May Concern: This is good to Miss Rubie Ferris for eight hundred dollars, as payment for care and attendance rendered by her to me in my last sickness; this eight hundred dollars is to be collected out of my estate after my death, providing, however, I die a bachelor.
his
“ Jacob E. X Embody. [L. S.]
mark.
“ Signed and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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3Cited by16 opinions
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