Morrow v. Detroit Trust Company

This case involves an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Wayne county affirming an order of the probate court construing article 9 (b) of the will of Henry Otis.

The facts have been stipulated and are not in dispute. Henry Otis died September 29, 1940. His will was admitted to probate by the probate court of Wayne county on November 14, 1940. The Detroit Trust Company was appointed successor executor and trustee under the. will.

Article 9 of the will provides in part:

“I .give, devise and bequeath to my executor and trustee hereinafter named, and his or its successors in trust, all the…