Utley v. First Congregational Church

368 Mich. 90 (1962)

117 N.W.2d 141

UTLEY

v.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Docket No. 31, Calendar No. 49,339.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided October 1, 1962.

Dykema, Wheat, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, for adverse party plaintiff.

Butzel, Eaman, Long, Gust & Kennedy (Thomas G. Long, Addison D. Connor, and John J. Kuhn, of counsel), for intervenor defendant First Congregational Church of Detroit.

Bodman, Longley, Bogle, Armstrong & Dahling, for individual intervenor-defendants.

DETHMERS, J.

The initial question raised in this case was whether the alleged will of Jerome A. Utley was executed in the manner…