Legal Opinion
Clark v. Ulrich
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 1908No. Docket No. 61PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Error to Oakland; Hosmer, J., presiding. Adelia Clark and Thomas Hislop, executor, presented for probate the last will and testament of Huldah More, deceased. The will was allowed in the probate court, and Helen Ulrich and others appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for contestants, and proponents bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is a contest over a will, the material parts of which read as follows:
“1st. 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 hundred dollars, and I further direct that the sum of one thousand dollars be set aside, out of my estate, and invested and the income derived therefrom devoted to the care and ornamentation of my grave and burial lot.
“2d. I give and bequeath to my granddaughter, Helen Krumhorn, of Vernon, in the State of Michigan, the sum of three…
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