Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Lee

By its suit in equity plaintiff sought and obtained a decree which nullified the allowance in the probate court of Wayne county of defendant’s claim amounting to $11,235 against the estate of his deceased father, and also enjoined defendant from in any manner asserting this claim against the estate. Defendant has appealed.

Defendant’s father, George Lee, Sr., died in March, 1932. Defendant and his brother, Wirt Lee, were appointed co-executors of the father’s estate. It developed that the estate was insolvent. Plaintiff as assignee of the rights of the Plymouth United Savings Bank is a…