Finn v. Sowders' Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, -J. Christie Finn presented a claim against the estate of Minerva Sowders, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was allowed in part by the commissioners, and defendant appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for claimant at the circuit, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
In the year 1898 Minerva Sowders was the owner of two houses in West Bay City, in one of which she lived, had an income of about $7 a month from a land contract on lands recently theretofore sold by her, and an additional income of $8 a month from a government pension. She was of advanced age, and was suffering from cancer. During the year 1898 her granddaughter, Christie Finn, claimant in this case, came to her on a visit. A short time afterwards her husband, William Finn, also came to West Bay City, and the two thereafter lived rent free with Mrs. Sowders in one of the latter’s houses, and…
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