IN RE BROWN ESTATE

Docket No. 26, Calendar No. 48,653.

362 Mich. 47 (1960)

106 N.W.2d 535

In re BROWN ESTATE. CONLON v. DOUGLAS.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Sinclair (James D. Irvine, of counsel), for appellant.

James M. Teahen, Jr., for appellees.


EDWARDS, J.

The sole question posed by this case is whether the maker of a will may, by its express terms, limit the effect of the Michigan statute of descent and distribution as to property not disposed of by will.

The facts in the matter are undisputed. Emma Brown, the testatrix, made a will in 1957. The will contained numerous specific bequests to the objects of Emma Brown's bounty, including one to appellant Lepha Conlon. The will apparently sought to...

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