Rent v. Fletcher

Appellants are daughter and son of the deceased, Livinius Van Loo. Appellee, Martha Fletcher, is his daughter. Having paid her father’s funeral expenses, Mrs. Fletcher obtained an order, in 1958, under the probate code, CLS 1956, § 708.41 (Stat Ann 1959 Cum Supp § 27.3178 [451]), assigning his estate to her as a small estate having .total assets of less than $500. Following denial of their claim in probate court, appellants petitioned circuit court to set aside the order, claiming that defendant-appellee had neglected to file certain assets of their father which would place the value of his…