Legal Opinion
Nageli v. McMorris
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided November 11, 1910No. Docket No. 12PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Certiorari to Bay; Collins, J. Catherine McMorris, administratrix, presented to the probate court a petition for the construction of the will of Caspar Moor, deceased. From the order entered construing the instrument, Anna Nageli appealed to the circuit court. A judgment modifying the order of the probate court is reviewed by the administratrix on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
The only question involved in this pro*355ceeding is the proper construction to be given to the will of the deceased. That will is as follows:
“I, Caspar Moor, of West Bay City, in Bay county, State of Michigan, of the age of forty-seven years, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do ordain, publish and declare this as and for my last will and testament in the manner following, that is to say:
“There being no issue from the matrimony with my wife, Magdalena Moor, née Zybach, I hereby give and bequeath to her all my personal property of what kind and nature soever, with the restriction,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Toms v. WilliamsMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Jones v. JonesMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Mansfield v. SheltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Spooner v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
- Glover v. ReidMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Hurt v. HurtCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- County of Natrona v. Casper Air ServiceWyoming Supreme Court · 1975
- Brown v. KennedyOhio Court of Appeals · 1942
- McAllister v. LongSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952
- Roller v. ShaverSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941
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