In Re Dwyer's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtFead, J.
This is a contest of the will of Margaret Dwyer on the ground of her mental incompetency. * Contestants had verdict of a jury and judgment. The principal question is whether the court should have directed a verdict sustaining the will.
The Dwyer family, at one time, consisted of John, who died in 1905, leaving a widow, later deceased, and five children, four of whom survive, Edward and Leo, contestants, Caroline White, and Mary Louise, a nun; Ella F. Riddle, proponent, who has four children, Grace, Margaret, Cass, and Harold; Jeremiah, who died in 1925, Katherine, who died in 1914, Minnie, who…
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