Moore v. Moore

In this case the probate court for theeounty of Washtenaw made an allowance for the support of' the widow of a deceased testator pending the settlement of' his estate, she being the only person properly to be deemed as his family. The circuit court held she was not entitled to any such support, because she had provision made by the will.

The estate was a considerable one, with several thousand dollars in personalty as well as lands, and the only bequest to the wife was in these words: “ After the payment of all my debts, funeral expenses; and the expenses of the settlement of my estate, I…