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IN RE WALLS ESTATE

Docket No. 95, Calendar No. 47,754.

358 Mich. 148 (1959)

99 N.W.2d 599

IN RE WALLS ESTATE.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 25, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elvin H. Wanzo, for plaintiff.

SMITH, J.

A narrow question respecting common-law marriage is here presented.

Mrs. Inez Walls married the decedent, Oscar Walls, on December 18, 1948. The judge of probate decided that she was a lawful widow and therefore would inherit the estate of the decedent.

Challenge, however, is made by the appellant, Phyllis Hammond. She is a daughter of the decedent. She points out that Mrs. Walls had obtained a...

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