Billings v. Marshall Furnace Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun; North (Walter H.), J. Bill by Charles H. Billings and another, executors of the last will of Samuel F. Dobbins, deceased, against the Marshall Furnace Company, Charles W. Dobbins and others, for a construction of said will. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendant Dobbins appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
From a decree construing the will of Samuel F. Dobbins, who died in 1917, this case is brought here by appeal of one of the defendants. The plaintiffs, named as executors and trustees in the will, were appointed executors by the probate court of the county of Calhoun and entered upon the discharge of their duties. The greater portion of the estate consists of 1,070 shares of the capital stock of the Marshall Furnace Company, a Michigan corporation organized under the provisions of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1903 (2 Comp. Laws 1915, § 9017 et seq.). The par value of the 1,070 shares is…
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