Case Name: In re RECKINGER'S ESTATE. RECKINGER v. HARNING
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1934-06-04
Citations: 267 Mich. 391
Docket Number: Docket No. 160, Calendar No. 37,444
Parties: In re RECKINGER’S ESTATE. RECKINGER v. HARNING.
Judges: Nelson Sharpe, C. J., and Potter, North, Wiest, Btjtzel, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred. Btjshnell, J., did not sit.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 267
Pages: 391–392

Head Matter:
In re RECKINGER’S ESTATE. RECKINGER v. HARNING.
Wills — Jurisdiction—Residence—Finding of Fact.
Petition for probate of will was properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where preponderance of evidence sustains finding of fact by court that deceased was resident of another eounty at time of death.
Appeal from Wayne; Campbell (Allan), J.
Submitted April 18, 1934.
(Docket No. 160, Calendar No. 37,444.)
Decided June 4, 1934.
Joseph. Recldnger presented for probate the last will and testament of Nicholas Recldnger, deceased. Barbara Harning and others objected thereto. Contest certified to circuit court. Case dismissed. Proponent appeals.
Affirmed.
Kurth, Kurth <& Cline, for proponent.
Philip A. McHugh, for contestants.

Opinion:
Fead, J.
The will of Nicholas Recldnger was offered for probate in Wayne county. Objections to its probate were filed and motion to dismiss the proceeding was made on the ground that deceased was not a resident of Wayne county but was a resident of Macomb county at the time of his death. The contest was certified to the circuit court for trial. In circuit court the motion to dismiss was renewed, and granted.
In the briefs the only question argued is whether deceased was a resident of Wayne or Macomb county when he died. The question is one of fact. The facts are in dispute and the great preponderance of the testimony sustains the finding of the court that he was a resident of Macomb county.
The order dismissing the appeal and petition for probate of the will for lack of jurisdiction is affirmed, with costs.
Nelson Sharpe, C. J., and Potter, North, Wiest, Btjtzel, and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., concurred. Btjshnell, J., did not sit.