Legal Opinion

Maynard v. Vinton

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 1886PublishedCited by 60 opinions

Appeal from Kent. (Montgomery, J.) Proponents appealed from an order of the circuit court for Kent county reversing the decree of the probate court admitting a will to probate. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtOhamplin, J.

The testatrix, Mattie Y. Yinton,. was the wife of Porter Yinton, the contestant of her will, and at the time of her decease they had been married some fourteen or fifteen years. At the time of their marriage Porter Yinton was a widower of some fifty years of age, with several children, all residing on his farm near Kalamazoo. The testatrix was then about eighteen years, of age, and had no property, and never acquired any thereafter, except from the contestant. After the marriage, they resided on the farm some two years, and sold and removed to Alpine, Kent county, where they resided on a farm…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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3Cited by60 opinions

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  5. Lamb v. LippincottMichigan Supreme Court · 1898

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