Legal Opinion
Drier v. Gracey
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 27, 1918No. Docket No. 19PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Montcalm; Davis, J. Bill by Henry Drier, guardian of Frank Larsen, against James Gracey, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Mathias Larsen, deceased, and others, for a construction of the last will of Mathias Larsen, to set aside certain conveyances, and for an accounting. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Mathias Larsen was the owner of 120 acres of land in the township of Eureka, Montcalm county, upon which he resided with his wife and two adopted children, Flora and Frank Larsen. In December, 1890, he died testate. The two provisions of his will which are in dispute are as follows:
“I give, devise and bequeath to my beloved wife, Mary Larsen, all my real estate, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, of every kind and nature, wherever the *401same may be situated, and all my personal estate, goods, chattels, moneys and effects, of every kind and nature, for and during her natural lifetime and until…
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