O'Dell v. Goff
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Cass; Coolidge, J., presiding. B. O’Dell and others presented for probate the last will and testament of John F. Goff, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Leslie Goff appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for contestant, and proponents bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The purpose of this suit is to probate the will of John F. Goff, deceased. That will gave to contestant, Goff’s only son and heir, about $1,800, and bequeathed the balance of the estate of about $41,000 to found a home for spiritualistic mediums. This is the second time the case has been heard in this court. Our first decision will be found reported in 149 Mich. 152 (10 L. R. A. [N. S.] 989). There we set aside a judgment denying probate of the will, and ordered a new trial. The case has again been tried, and again a jury has disallowed the will. The proponents insist that the evidence did…
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