Snyder v. Snyder
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Hillsdale; Winsor, J., presiding. Bill by William Snyder, John Snyder, and others against Benjamin F. Snyder and Thomas C. Snyder to set aside a deed and an assignment of a mortgage. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal. Jacob Snyder and Elizabeth Snyder, his wife, came to Michigan in 1851, and settled upon a farm of 10 acres in Hillsdale county, where they lived during their lives.
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Appeal from Hillsdale; Winsor, J., presiding. Bill by William Snyder, John Snyder, and others against Benjamin F. Snyder and Thomas C. Snyder to set aside a deed and an assignment of a mortgage. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal. Jacob Snyder and Elizabeth Snyder, his wife, came to Michigan in 1851, and settled upon a farm of 10 acres in Hillsdale county, where they lived during their lives. They had five children, — complainants William and John, defendants, Benjamin and Thomas, and a daughter, Amelia, the mother of the other complainants. They were the sole heirs at law…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. The circuit judge saw the witnesses, whose testimony in regard to the alleged incompetency of Mrs. Snyder is in direct conflict. Neither of the defendants testified. Perhaps their testimony would have been of little avail on the question of her mental condition, on account of the bitter feeling existing between complainants and defendants. We are not able to say that the preponderance of evidence is with the complainants upon this question, as well as upon the question of undue influence, and are constrained, -therefore, to sustain the finding of the circuit…
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