Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Pierce

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 1878PublishedCited by 47 opinions

Error to Kalamazoo. On appeal prom the probate of the will of Isaac Pierce, the will was held invalid. Proponents bring error.

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.

The will of Isaac Pierce was admitted to probate December 2d, 1873. It was executed July 29, 1871, and he died July 12, 1873. On appeal by certain of his heirs at law, the will was held invalid. Error is brought against that judgment. The will gave a large portion of the property to his second wife and to her children, who were under age. His children by a former wife, from whom he was divorced, were much older. Two of his sons he made no provision for, saying they had been provided for before. To three others of his older children he devised land, and to- a married daughter he made a money…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wallace v. HarrisMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
  2. White v. BaileyMichigan Supreme Court · 1862
  3. Harring v. AllenMichigan Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by47 opinions

  1. People v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  2. Rice v. RiceMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
  3. In re the Estate of ShellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1900
  4. Spratt v. SprattMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  5. In Re Cottrell's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1926

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