Decker v. Kanous' Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Caroline Smith (now Caroline Decker) presented a claim against the estate of Olive Kanous, deceased, for services rendered. The claim was allowed in the probate court, and Jonathan T. Kanous, administrator of the estate, appealed to the circuit. From a judgment for claimant, ■defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
The claimant, on appeal from an allowance by the probate court, recovered a judgment against the estate of $416 for services rendered in the care of the deceased in her lifetime. The claimant is the daughter of the deceased, and the evidence shows that- she and her mother had lived together for many years in the homestead; that, some time before the decease of Olive Kanous, she gave the claimant a life lease of the 15 acres of ground upon which the house stood; and that, some 5 years before her decease, a guardian was appointed over the estate of Olive Kanous. The family relations continued…
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