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· 3/25/1983

In Re Kremlick Estate

Citations

  • 331 N.W.2d 228
  • 417 Mich. 237

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • using extrinsic evidence to conclude that decedent intended to bequeath half his estate to “Michigan Division of the American Cancer Society” as opposed to named beneficiary “Michigan Cancer Society”
  • \A fundamental precept which governs the judicial review of wills is that the intent of the testator is to be carried out as nearly as possible.\
  • “[P]resence of an ambiguity requires a court to look outside the four corners of a will in order to carry out the testator’s intent.”
  • “A fundamental precept which governs the judicial review of wills is that the intent of the testator is to be carried out as nearly as possible.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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