In Re Ledwidge Estate

Petitioners, residuary beneficiaries under the will of John C. Ledwidge, appeal as of right from an order declining to reopen the estate of Mr. Ledwidge.

The facts relevant to this appeal are not in dispute. The father of John C. Ledwidge died in 1948. He left the subject property (a Dexter Township farm) to his six surviving children in equal shares. Through quit-claim deeds from their siblings, John C. Ledwidge and his sister Veronica acquired all of the interests in the property. John C. held four shares and Veronica held two. In 1968, Veronica and John C. Ledwidge quit-claimed the property…