Sullivan v. Ross' Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Marquette; Stone, J. Thomas G. Sullivan presented a claim against the estate of James G. Ross, deceased. The claim was disallowed by the probate judge, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment there for claimant, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Sullivan filed a claim against tne estate of Ross in probate court for $100,000. It was in form a petition, setting up the facts relied upon to establish his claim, which were in substance the following, viz.: Ross owned pine lands in Michigan. On November 7, 1883, a contract was made between him, under the name of Ross & Co., and Sullivan, wherein it was agreed “to sell all the pine [thereon] to Sullivan for one dollar and fifty cents per thousand feet, board measure,” which Sullivan agreed to pay, and to cut the timber before May 1, 1884. The contract contained the following provision:
“It…
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