Bacon v. Perkins
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Kent. (Adsit, J.) Argued April 24, 1894. Decided May 4, 1894. Relator applied to the circuit court of Kent county for mandamus to compel the respondent to set aside an order for an allowance to the widow of Fredn A. Holcomb, deceased, and brings certiorari to review the order denying the writ. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Fred A. Holcomb died intestate January 18, 1890. His heirs were his widow, his mother, his sister, and the children of two deceased brothers. An administrator was appointed, who duly qualified. The only estate left by the deceased was an insurance policy of $10,000, and the amount claimed thereunder was in litigation. This suit was not ended until June, 1892, when the administrator received into his hands about $9,000. The widow remarried in November, 1891, and soon after the termination of the suit she petitioned for statutory widow’s allowance out of the estate at the rate of $18.75 per…
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