Legal Opinion

In Re Ferguson's Estate

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1940No. Docket No. 125, Calendar No. 41,326PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a will contest. Testator Hallett T. Ferguson and his wife were injured in an automobile accident and taken to a hospital in Muskegon. There the wife died and the funeral was on Sunday. After his wife died, testator sent word to his attorney, who lived at Shelby, that he wanted to make his will, and on Sunday, the day of the funeral of the wife, the attorney and his wife drove from Shelby to Muskegon and there the will was prepared at the hospital, signed by the testator, and witnessed by the wife of the attorney and the mother of the principal beneficiary in the will. The will…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Geraghty v. KilroySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
  2. Scott v. O'Connor-CouchIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Hayden v. HaydenNebraska Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Fearn v. PostlethwaiteIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Jones v. GrieserIllinois Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of BoeseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
  2. Boese v. LangleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1942
  3. Fay v. KohnMichigan Supreme Court · 1958
  4. In Re Fay EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1958

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