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EASLEY v. JOHN HANCOCK INS. CO.

Docket No. 58994.

403 Mich. 521 (1978)

271 N.W.2d 513

EASLEY v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided November 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour Berger for defendant Jeffrey Jackson.

RYAN, J.

We granted leave to appeal in this case to consider whether an illegitimate child, acknowledged by a father to be his in a formal court pleading, may participate along with legitimate children of that father in the distribution of the father's estate. The trial court and Court of Appeals answered the question in the negative; we reverse.

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James Easley, a Ford Motor Company employee, died in 1970. Earlier, in 1961, Jeffrey Jackson was born...

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