Howe v. Comstock

PICARD, District Judge.

Action for declaratory judgment to construe provisions of a will and to determine the respective rights of plaintiff and defendants thereunder.

Plaintiff, a citizen of California, is the only surviving child of the testatrix, while defendants, Pearl McKenny and Madeline Comstock, sister and niece respectively, are, after plaintiff, the next of kin. The other defendants, Lloyd T. Crane and William E. Crane, are co-executors under the will. All defendants are citizens of Michigan.

Jurisdiction of this court to determine plaintiff’s and defendants’ rights under decedent’s…