Legal Opinion
Claim of Shear v. Estate of Shear
Circuit Court of the 22nd Circuit of Michigan
Decided February 15, 1870Published
Motion to dismiss appeal, by C. Joslin, Esq., in behalf of Abraham Shear, the Claimant and Appellee.
1Opinion of the Court
*217By the Court,
Higby, J.
It appears that Abraham Shear and Benjamin Shear were brothers, and the only heirs-at-law of John L. Shear, deceased; that Abraham was administrator of the estate of said deceased; that an arrangement was effected between Abraham and Benjamin, whereby Benjamin conveyed to Abraham, by a quit-claim deed, certain real estate therein described, and also all his interest in the personal esta,te of said John L. Shear, deceased. (On hearing the motion, an affidavit of Abraham was read, stating, in effect, that the deed described all the estate of said -deceased.) It further…
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