Legal Opinion
In Re Wagar's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1940No. Docket No. 64, Calendar No. 41,172PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChandler, J.
Humphrey R. Wagar died in 1916, leaving surviving, his widow, three children and three grandchildren. His last will and testament placed his property in trust, the widow to have the income therefrom for life. Paragraph six provided:
“After the death of my wife, I give, devise and bequeath to my children and grandchildren, the following sums from rents and earnings of my real estate, subject only to the expenses and fixed charges thereon to 'be paid before any division is made, during the natural life of all my children. In case of the death of one or more of them (children or grandchildren)…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- MacKenzie v. Union Guardian Trust Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1933
3Cited by2 opinions
- Greenwood v. PageCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- In Re Wagar's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1942