Legal Opinion
Saier v. Saier
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1962No. Docket 73, Calendar 48,925PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
Jessie E. Saier’s will named her son, defendant Herbert E. Saier, as one of several beneficiaries. The will, ultimately admitted to probate after attempted contest by another son, Harry E. Saier (see In re Saier Estate, 342 Mich 587), * included a fairly typical penalty against contest reading as follows:
“11. Should any one or more of my children or anyone claiming under them or either of them or should any beneficiary in this my last will and testament contest or attempt to contest the admission to probate of this my last will and testament, the person or persons so contesting or attempting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re Estate of BerglandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- In Re Estate of MeredithMichigan Supreme Court · 1936
- In Re Estate of MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- Schiffer v. BrentonMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
- In Re Reid's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re Estate of JohnsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1973
- In re Estate of StanMichigan Court of Appeals · 2013
- In re Miller Osborne Perry TrustMichigan Court of Appeals · 2013
- Matter of Estate of WestfahlSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
- Old Kent Bank & Trust Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
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