Michigan Supreme Court July 1, 1942, Docket No. 18, Calendar No. 41,470 (Kirkpatrick v. Nolan)

North, J.

Plaintiff is the widow of Littleton Kirkpatrick, deceased. She and four children by a former marriage survive him. He made no provision in his will for his widow or any immediate member of his family; but instead made Myrtice M. Nolan his sole beneficiary. Plaintiff elected to take under the statute of distributions. 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 15564 (Stat. Ann. § 27.2664).