Cheever v. Ellis
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Supplemental bill by Noah W. Cheever, individually •and as special administrator of the estate of Leonhard Gruner, deceased, and others, against Caroline P. Ellis, individually and as executrix of the last will and testament of Joseph J. Ellis, deceased, Hudson P. Ellis, and John J. Ellis, for an accounting. From an order overruling a demurrer, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The original bill in this case was filed by Cheever, as administrator of the estate of Leon-hard Gruner, and by the bondsmen of Leonhard Gruner, given as executor of the last will and testament of Joseph J. Ellis. The bill was filed against Caroline P. Ellis, co-executor with Gruner, and Hudson P. Ellis and John A. Ellis, legatees named in the will of Joseph J. Ellis, and prayed an accounting of Gruner’s transactions as executor. The answer and cross-bill sought to surcharge Gruner’s estate with certain items lost through his neglect. On the hearing in this court the account of Gruner was so…
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