Cooper v. Harlow
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson; Parkinson, J. Edmund L. Cooper presented for probate an instrument purporting to be the last will of Sarah W, McMaster, deceased. An order was entered in probate court admitting the will to probate, and Arthur O. Harlow and Byron N. Harlow, heirs at law of deceased and legatees under the will, appealed the cause to the circuit court where a judgment was rendered disallowing the will. Proponent brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Sarah W. McMaster, whose maiden name was Harlow, died at Grass Lake, in Jackson county, Mich., August 28, 1907, aged 81 years. She was a widow; her husband having died in 1895. She left an estate, consisting principally of personal property, valued at more than $32,000, owing, practically, nothing. An instrument, executed by her, dated April 21, 1906, was offered for probate as her last will. It was admitted in probate court after a contest made by two nephews and heirs at law, named Arthur and Byron Harlow, but in the circuit court was found by a jury not to be her last will. The nephews…
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