Spohn v. Bergevin

Willis, J.*

A person seeking the most horrible example of how not to probate an estate might think that he had found it here. The able and experienced trial judge put it more tenderly when he said, "The administration of this estate leaves much to be desired, and this is recognized by all concerned."

The difficulties arose because after the death of the wife and the institution of probate proceedings upon her estate, the surviving husband continued his management and use of the farm properties, owned partly by himself and partly by the estate, as though he were the sole owner, entitled to do…