Superior National Bank & Trust Co. v. Poynter

The respondents, Aileen M. Poynter and Elizabeth R. White (the sisters of the deceased), appeal as of right from the order of Houghton County Probate Court Judge Reino S. Koivunen dated November 24, 1982, which directed that the personal representative of Mrs. Rice’s estate not pay federal estate taxes and Michigan inheritance taxes on a protective basis. This appeal. involves only a small portion of a protracted will contest over the estate’s assets, valued at approximately $6 million.

John and Mildred Rice executed a joint will on May 17, 1962. John Rice died on March 5, 1964. The will was…