Lothrop v. Duffield
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by George Van Ness Lothrop and others, infants, by their next friend, Isabella G. B. Lothrop, against Henry M. Duffield, to set aside an order of the probate court, and for an injunction. From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, C., J.
The complainants comprise several infants and their guardian. They file this bill to set aside an order made by the judge of probate allowing to the defendant a sum therein mentioned as attorney’s fees for services rendered in relation to securing for the complainants, from other descendants of their common ancestor, a *486concession by which their shares of the grandfather’s estate were materially increased. The petition is entitled in the estate of the minors, and prays the allowance to the petitioner of reasonable compensation for his services. It states briefly the nature of the…
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