In Re Hurd's Estate

George W. Hurd died testate July 9, 1929. A contest as to the construction of his will was appealed from the probate court of Monroe county to the circuit court; and from the construction adjudicated in the circuit court plaintiff has brought this appeal.

After making nine bequests in specific amounts, the testator provided in the third paragraph of his will as follows:

"Third: I give and bequeath to the Union Trust Company of Detroit, Michigan, the sum of $25,000 in trust however. I direct my said trustee to pay the net income from said trust fund to my nephew, George Stimpson, for the period…