In re More's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hally, J.' Appeal to circuit court by the trustees of Elmwood cemetery from an order of the probate court holding st certain legacy of the will of Huldah More, deceased, invalid. From an order sustaining the validity of the bequest, Thomas Hislop, executor, and Adelia Clark, residuary legatee under the will, bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The history of the matters involved in this litigation may be stated as follows.:
Huldah More died on April 2, 1904, leaving a last will and testament which was admitted to probate by the probate court of Wayne county on May 26, 1904, and the appellant Thomas Hislop was appointed executor, and qualified. By this will the testatrix gave a number of money legacies and the will contains the following provisions:(1) “I direct the payment of my debts and funeral expenses and the erection of a suitable monument over my grave, out of my estate; said monument not to exceed in cost the sum of one…
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