Wright v. Knapp
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ionia; Davis, J. Bill by Charles Wright and others against Arthur M. Knapp, administrator of the estate of Elizabeth. Wright, deceased, and others, to set aside a deed from William Wright to Elizabeth Wright, purporting to convey an estate by the entireties, and to remove a cloud from the title of complainants in and to said real property. From á decree for the complainants, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, C. J.
Complainants are the.brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces of William Wright. Defendants are, respectively, administrator and children of Elizabeth Wright, who was the wife of William Wright. William and Elizabeth had been married some 11 years, when on the 10th day of September, 1912, William, who was suffering from heart disease, caused a scrivener to be sent for, and instructed him to prepare a conveyance of the homestead to William Wright and wife. Later he modified those instructions as follows:
“ T want you to deed it right to her; I don’t know what will happen.’ I got the impression it…
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