In Re Prichard Estate

Paragon Transport, Inc., appeals as of right from an order of the St. Clair County Probate Court granting the petition brought by Comerica Bank-Detroit, executor of the Prichard estate, for authority to pay legal fees and expert witness fees in a suit brought against Comerica in its capacity as executor of the Prichard estate. Paragon claims that Comerica, and not the estate, should be charged with the expenses of defending the Paragon litigation.

The background facts which gave rise to the petition in the probate court are described in a prior Supreme Court opinion involving the estate, In re…