Legal Opinion

Belden v. Blackman

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 24, 1900PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from superior court of Grand Rapids; Newnham, J. Bill by William P. Belden against R. Amelia Black-man, executrix of the last will and testament of Ezekiel Jewett, deceased, and George W. Barker, to obtain satisfaction of a judgment. From a decree for complainant, defendant Blackman appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.

The complainant is assignee, for collection, of a judgment rendered on the 8th day of December, 1877, by the supreme court of the State of New York, in favor of Ira W. Watkins, against one George Barker. This is a proceeding said to be of the nature of a creditor’s bill, and is an attempt to reach a legacy to said Barker in the hands of the executrix of the will containing the bequest. The case has been before us once upon demurrer (see 118 Mich. 448 [76 N. W. 979]), and some of the questions raised upon this record are concluded by our former opinion. After the former hearing an amended bill…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  5. Johnston v. Farmers' Fire InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1895

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