Holzbaugh v. Detroit Bank & Trust Co.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order dismissing their bill of complaint upon separate motions of defendants and the attorney general, intervening party, before answer and trial.

Plaintiffs are daughters of the late William J. Hartwig who died testate in 1941. The will was admitted to probate over objections (not now in issue) of present plaintiffs. After specific bequests to plaintiffs, his grandchildren, a sister, a son-in-law, his housekeeper, and a Masonic lodge, the testator devised and bequeathed to named trustees the residue of his estate. Trustees were directed to pay specified amounts to…