· 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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