48 Mich. 227 | Mich. | 1882
This case comes up by appeal against a decree dismissing the bill. The hearing was on pleadings .and proofs. The substance of the bill is as follows: Chapin ,S. Gibbs died without a will, in the county of St. Joseph, in 1869, leaving a widow, the defendant Ann J., and two daughters, the' defendant Nettie McFall and Emma Cole, wife of complainant, and who were entitled to decedent’s ¡estate subject to the claims of creditors. That his personal property turned out to be worth some $5000 over all liab'il
The answer and evidence would deserve very serious consideration if the c^se made by the bill was founded in equity but it is not
As the facts set out appear, the proceeds of the personal estate went into the widow’s hands with the assent of both her daughters, and if any part belongs to complainant or his-daughter it may be sued for at law. The land fell to the daughters under the law of inheritance, subject to the widow’s dower, and the sale made afterwards had no effect to blend it with the estate which was left in the form of personalty. It was already the real estate of the persons-entitled, and the sale was a sale of their lands, and as between them the proceeds were their moneys in the proportion of their respective ownerships, and not moneys belonging to-
The decree is affirmed with costs.