Bitely v. Bitely
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Van Burén. (Buck, J.) Appeal from order of probate court allowing a claim against the estate of defendant’s decedent. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Joseph L. Bitely, the claimant’s father, died intestate, July 23, 1858, in Van Burén county, this State. He left surviving him his widow, Lorilla Bitely, and five children, his only heirs at law, to wit: Nathan H. Bitely, Eugene Bitely, Martha Bitely, now by marriage Martha Morris, Mary E. Bitely, and Josephine Bitely.
Letters of administration were duly issued November 4, 1858, to Lorilla Bitely, the widow, and the son Nathan H. Bitely. The son Nathan II. Bitely alone qualified as such administrator. In January, 1859, Nathan H. Bitely prepared an inventory of the estate, and presented it to…
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