Frank v. Morley's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Frazer, J. Dollie Frank presented a claim against the estate of William B. Morley, deceased, for money alleged to have been intrusted to him for investment. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment for claimant, the executor, Horatio T. Morley, brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
William B. Morley died testate on the 15th of June, 1891. The claimant filed a claim before commissioners on claims for $20,000 and interest, claimed to have been intrusted to the deceased on or about the 10th of January, 1880. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and an appeal taken to the circuit court, where, on a trial before a jury, claimant recovered $23,000. The executor brings the case here on error.
Claimant made her case by producing as a witness her sister, who testified that on the 10th of January, 1880, claimant was delivered of a bastard child in the city of Detroit;…
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