Seager v. McCabe
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Ingham. (Person, J.) Petition to determine the dower rights of defendant in certain royalties. Petitioner appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMcGrath, J.
Schuyler F. Seager died intestate in 1883, leaving surviving him his widow, Gertrude B. Seager, now Gertrude B. McCabe, and as his sole heirs James B. Seager, Harry E. Seager, Schuyler F. Seager, and Eichard B. Seager. Administration was had upon the estate, and the estate fully administered upon, and the administrators discharged, and dower has never been assigned to the widow. Seager died possessed of an undivided five-twelfths interest in 40 acres of wild land in the Upper Peninsula, which was not improved, and was wholly valueless for agricultural purposes or lumbering. Its principal…
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