McCarty v. Fish
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson. (Peck, J.) Assumpsit. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
This is an action in assumpsit, brought by plaintiff to recover a bequest of $500 to Hattie McCarty, contained in the will of Alvira Palmer, deceased.
The declaration is upon the common counts. Defendant-pleaded the general issue.
It appears that an application for administration of the estate of Hattie McCarty, deceased,, was made to the probate court of Jackson county, by the plaintiff, who is-the mother of Hattie McCarty, in 1889, in which the-above bequest was stated to be the only property of the-deceased in such county. The petition was denied by the-probate court upon the ground that…
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