Turner v. Burr
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made from Kent; Perkins, J. Petition to the probate court by Salem T. Turner for a partial distribution of the estate of Sarah C. Turner, deceased. Helen M. Burr and others filed an answer in the nature of a cross-petition asking for a construction of the will of deceased. From an order sustaining a demurrer to the cross-petition, contestants appealed to the circuit court. There was judgment at the circuit for petitioner, and contestants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Sarah ChipmanTurner died testate December 16,1901, at her home, in the city of Grand Rapids, Mich. Her husband, Salem T. Turner, survived her. Her will was executed June 5, 1901, and by its terms, after requiring all of her property, real and personal, to be converted into money, and after distributing $17,000 in legacies to various persons, including one of $500 to her husband, it is provided:
“ Eleventh. I direct that the remainder of the proceeds of the sale of my real and personal estate be distributed among my lawful heirs according to law.”
*108The executors having paid debts and specific…
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