Brown v. Fletcher's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Waynó; Brooke, J. Albert W. Brown presented a claim against the estate of George N. Fletcher, deceased, based upon the decree of a foreign court. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for the estate on a verdict directed by the court, and claimant brings error.
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Error to Waynó; Brooke, J. Albert W. Brown presented a claim against the estate of George N. Fletcher, deceased, based upon the decree of a foreign court. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment for the estate on a verdict directed by the court, and claimant brings error. George N. Fletcher, a citizen of Michigan, domiciled at Detroit, Mich., died at Detroit November 5, 1899. By his last will, dated December 6, 1884, he nominated his wife and his two sons and the survivors of them his executors. The will disposes of his…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). The question presented is whether the records and judgment put in evidence by the claimant establish his demand upon the defendant estate, and this is answered by determining the effect which shall be given here to the proceedings and the decree of the Massachusetts court.
“ By the Constitution of the United States it is declared that full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And Congress, in pursuance of the power given them by the Constitution in a succeeding clause, have declared…
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