In Re Powers Estate

In this case a Michigan lawyer drafted a will (and 2 codicils thereto) which left the bulk of an old lady’s estate of three-quarters of a ■million dollars to the lawyer’s wife. The particular will in dispute was the last of a series of wills, and it and its codicils were executed within a period of 2 years before the testatrix was committed to a mental institution where she subsequently died.

The will preceding the last will provided for certain charities to be established. The prosecuting attorney of the county, a guardian ad litem appointed by the circuit court to represent the charitable…