Barney v. Barney
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun; North, J. Oliver W. Barney presented for probate the last will of Oliver Barney, deceased, which was contested by Fred W. Barney. From an order of the probate court denying the petition, proponent appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for proponent. Contestant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
On October 9, 1896, Oliver Barney was by the probate court of Calhoun county declared to be mentally incompetent to have charge of his estate. He was at that time about 75 years of age and had been in poor health for a number of years. His only son, Fred W. Barney, was in that proceeding appointed his guardian. His estate consisted principally of a farm of some 100 acres in Calhoun county, upon which he had lived for a great many years. On the 8th day of December, 1896, he is said to have executed the following will:
“I, Oliver Barney, of the township of Bedford, the county of Calhoun and…
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