Noakes v. Noakes

January 12, 1931, Edmund J. Noakes died, testate, leaving plaintiff and defendants, his children, surviving. Petition for probate of his will was filed in the probate court for Wayne county, Michigan, the will admitted to probate, and Thomas Henry Noakes, executor named in the will, appointed and qualified. The executor retained John A. Boyce as his attorney.

By the terms of the will, all personalty was bequeathed to Joseph Austin Noakes, defendant herein, youngest son of the testator, and all realty was devised in six equal shares to the other parties to this case. Joseph was and is a…