Legal Opinion

Blackburn v. Blackburn's Estate

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error to Alpena; Kelley, J. Cynthia A. Blackburn presented a claim against the estate of George N. Blackburn, deceased, for the amount of certain promissory notes. The claim was allowed in the probate court, and William A. Blackburn appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment for claimant, contestant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.

The claimant, Cynthia A. Blackburn, is the widow, and administratrix of the estate, of George N. Blackburn, who died intestate on October 9, 1895. She ■was married to him in the year 1883, at Alpena, where both had resided for some years. At this time she was a 'widow, and Blackburn a widower, with two children, of whom the contestant, William A. Blackburn, is one. On May 7, 1884, Mrs. Blackburn sold and conveyed to her husband an undivided one-half of a house, and lot, of which she was the owner, in the city of Alpena, together with a considerable amount of household furniture, for the sum…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ruggles v. KeelerNew York Supreme Court · 1808
  2. Kempe v. BaderTennessee Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Summerlin v. . CowlesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
  4. Hartley v. CrawfordNebraska Supreme Court · 1882
  5. State Ex Rel . Lippard Wife v. . TroutmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1875

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Rushlight v. MacLainWashington Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Heisel v. YorkNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Millar v. HiltonMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Gamble v. GambleVan Wert County Court of Common Pleas · 1958

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