Balch v. Detroit Trust Co.

After the death of George W. Balch in 1911, his widow, Mary E. Balch, and his four children, Kate Balch Mattoli, Elizabeth Balch Ranney, George C. Balch, and Frederick A. Balch, as trustees under an “agreement of trust,” united in appointing defendant Detroit Trust Company as their agent. The Balch trust terminated upon the death of the widow, Mary E. Balch, on June 18, 1932. Soon thereafter, plaintiff herein, Frederick A. Balch, one of the trustees, filed a bill of complaint for an accounting, naming as defendants the other surviving trustees and the agent. This matter was finally heard in…