Keeler v. Dawson
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lapeer. (Newton, J., presiding.) Ejectment. Plaintiffs bring error. The facts are stated in the • opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
Plaintiffs brought ejectment, claiming to be th'e legal heirs of Franklin Keeler, deceased, who died July 16, 1882, intestate. • Franklin Keeler was the only child of Minerva Keeler, and was illegitimate. Minerva Keeler died in 1828, with no other descendants but Franklin. Plaintiffs are heirs of her brothers. Defendant is grantee of Ellen Keeler, widow of Franklin Keeler, who had no issue, and she has died since her husband.
The only question in the ease is whether under the ■statutes of descent in force in 1882 the widow of an illegitimate person who had no parents, brothers or sisters, ■or…
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