Ernst v. Freeman's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Branch; Yaple, J. In the matter of the estate of Cornelius Freeman, deceased. Harriet Ernst, a distributee, appealed from an order of distribution by the probate court. From a judgment allowing the administrator’s account after distribution, said Ernst brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
Cornelius Freeman died intestate in 1897, leaving no parents and no issue. The persons-entitled to share his estate were: His widow, Henrietta Freeman; two sisters, Jane Bundy and Harriet Ernst;, two children of his deceased sister Hannah; two children of his sister Nancy; two children of his brother John; three children of his sister Sally; three children of his sister Betsy; two grandchildren of his sister Hannah; two-grandchildren of his brother John. The intestate died seised of both real and personal property, the former having been divided satisfactorily to the parties. The estate was…
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