State ex rel. Essex Wire Corp. v. Grant Circuit Court

This original action arises out of proceedings involving a decedent’s estate still pending distribution. The facts giving rise to this action are as follows:

The will of Ernie W. McDaniel was admitted to probate on February 6, 1964, and letters testamentary issued to the executor. Later the executor filed a petition for authority to accept payment under contract wherein it was alleged that decedent had agreed by written contract to convey on his death to Essex Wire Corporation stock which he owned in the same corporation. The court issued an order granting and approving the petition. The stock…