In Re Estate of Trankla

The Michigan National Bank, Charles Raymond Viele and Hattie E. Trankla were testamentary trustees under the will of Charles Trankla, who died in July, 1930, leaving a sizable estate. A vacancy in the trusteeship occurred upon the death of Hattie E. Trankla on January 30, 1947, whereupon the two surviving trustees petitioned the probate court for Kent county to appoint Michael Leonard of Grand Rapids as successor trustee. The petition set forth that Mr. Leonard had been a friend of the testator and of his family for many years and that petitioners had been advised by Carrie Trankla Viele and…