Shurte v. Fletcher
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Cass; Coolidge, J. Bill by William Sbtirte against Sarepta Fletcher and others to set aside certain conveyances made in settlement •of an estate, for a partition of the real estate, and for other relief. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The complainant filed a bill in chancery, alleging that his father, Isaac Shurte, at the time of his death, held the legal title to 546 acres of land, worth $30,-000; that he died March 2, 1886, intestate, leaving a widow, five children, and several grandchildren by a deceased child; that the widow, Mary Shurte, died in January, 1892, intestate, and that each of the children of Isaac Shurte became seised in fee of one-sixth of said real estate; that, at the time of the death of the widow of Isaac Shurte, there were two great grandchildren, Bertha Van Riper and Flora Van Riper, who were under…
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