Legal Opinion

In re Walter's Estate

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 20, 1923No. Docket No. 138PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.

This case is here a second time; see In re Walter’s Estate, 215 Mich. 572. A reference to that opinion will disclose the facts and they need not be here again stated. We there held: (a) that-the contestants were not opposite parties within the meaning of 3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 12553, and that it was error to exclude their testimony; (b) that there was no evidence of mental incapacity; (c) that opinions of non-expert witnesses were not permissible unless the witness testified to some facts inconsistent with sanity; (d) that inasmuch as there was testimony tending to show that testatrix…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Spratt v. SprattMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Blackman v. AndrewsMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Hibbard v. BakerMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
  4. In re Kennedy's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
  5. American Insurance v. MartinekMichigan Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re Allen's Estate.Michigan Supreme Court · 1925
  2. In Re Morris' EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1924
  3. In Re Calhoun EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
  4. In Re Dwyer's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
  5. In Re Luders' EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1927

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