In Re EGBERT R SMITH TRUST

745 N.W.2d 754 (2008)

In re Egbert R. SMITH TRUST.

Glen Phillips and Dale Phillips, Petitioners-Appellees,

v.

Betty Homer, Successor Trustee, Respondent-Appellant.

Docket No. 133462. (Calendar No. 5)

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued December 4, 2007.

Decided March 19, 2008.

Clark & Clark, P.C. (by Donald J. Clark), Bad Axe, for the petitioners.

John S. Paterson, Sandusky, for the respondent.

Berry Moorman P.C. (by Randolph T. Barker), Detroit, for the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, amicus curiae.

OPINION

WEAVER, J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether a right of first…