Shattuck v. Fagan

Plaintiffs, as nephew and niece and only heirs-at-law of Frank H. Shattuck, deceased, filed this hill of complaint for construction of his will. From a decree for plaintiffs, appeal was taken by Irene O’Conner, residuary legatee and devisee.

A contest in the probate court over the allowance of the will had been certified to the circuit court and on a trial before the court without a jury, the will was disallowed; on appeal (by proponent) from the order of disallowance, we admitted the will to probate. In re Shattuck’s Estate, 324 Mich 568. Construction of the will was left open to be…