Cheever v. North
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Noah. W. Cheever and another presented for probate the will of Merchant H. Goodrich, deceased. From an order probating the will, A. Anna North and others appealed to the circuit court. Contestants bring error from a judgment admitting the will to probate, and proponents assign error upon that portion of the judgment awarding costs to contestants.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court probating the will of Merchant H. Goodrich, who died February 19, 1892. The will probated bore date May 12, 1888. It was in testimony, and not disputed, that deceased, in December, 1888, or January, 1889, executed another will, to which Dr. John Greenshields and R. L. Parkin were witnesses. There was also testimony tending to show that the will offered for probate was found among the papers of deceased, and that no other will or codicil was found. The jury found, answer to special questions, that the Greenshields and Parkin will was…
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