In re Doty's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Brown (William B.), J. Fannie E, Doty, executrix, presented for probate the last will of Payson M. Doty, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Clara Doty Seeger appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for contestant. The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ann Arbor, trustee under said will, brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
Payson M. Doty was born in “lower town,” Ann Arbor, in 1844. He died in Grand Rapids, where he had lived many years, on October 28, 1916, leaving a will which is the subject of controversy here, dated December 30, 1913. When a young man Mr. Doty was admitted to the practice of law, but evidently preferred a business career. The record does not disclose that he inherited any property, but his estate was appraised at upwards of $70,000, and is said to have been more valuable than the amount of the appraisal. About one-half of it was a 99-year lease he had given on real estate in Detroit. The…
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