Legal Opinion
In Re Brown Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1960No. 26, Calendar No. 48,653PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
362 Mich. 47 (1960)
106 N.W.2d 535
In re BROWN ESTATE.
CONLON
v.
DOUGLAS.
Docket No. 26, Calendar No. 48,653.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Decided December 2, 1960.
William D. Sinclair (James D. Irvine, of counsel), for appellant.
James M. Teahen, Jr., for appellees.
EDWARDS, J.
The sole question posed by this case is whether the maker of a will may, by its express terms, limit the effect of the Michigan statute of descent and distribution as to property not disposed of by will.
The facts in the matter are undisputed. Emma Brown, the testatrix, made a will in 1957. The will contained numerous specific…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Coffman v. CoffmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
- Lamere v. JacksonMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Detroit Wabeek Bank & Trust Co. v. City of AdrianMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
- Todd v. GentryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- In Re McKay EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Dodge TrustMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- In Re Bruin EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1963
- In Re Fitzpatrick EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
- Smith v. KempSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- Fitzpatrick v. WolfeMichigan Court of Appeals · 1987
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