Steinberg v. Central Trust Co.

This cause raises two questions of law to be determined by this court.

1. Does a person who brings an action to contest a will and alleges an “interest” in the decedent’s estate only as a legatee and devisee under the contested will have a right to maintain such action as a “person interested” in a will within the meaning of Section 2741.01, Revised Code?

2. Does a person named in a will as executor, who qualifies and is appointed by the court as such executor, have a right to maintain an action to contest the will under which he is serving as executor of the decedent’s estate?

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