In Re Doty's Estate

The plaintiffs here ask a review of a judgment of the circuit court of Kent county, made on the hearing of an appeal from an order of the probate court in the estate of Payson M. Doty, deceased. Payson M. Doty died October 28, 1916, leaving a last will and testament in which his widow, Fannie E. Doty, was nominated executrix. On the 9th of November, 1916, she was appointed special administratrix, and continued to act in that capacity during the litigation which followed. She offered the will for probate and on the 24th day of September it was admitted as the will of the deceased. An appeal…