Serrill v. Oxtoby
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by Jeannette Serrill and others against James V. Oxtoby and others, trustees under the will of Thomas McGraw, deceased, for a decree construing the will of said Thomas McGraw, for an accounting, and for further relief. From a decree for defendants, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
This is an appeal from a final decree of the circuit court of the county of Wayne, in chancery, dismissing the bill of complaint. The bill of complaint states that Thomas McGraw, a resident of Detroit, died October 11, 1897, leaving a last will and testament and two codicils thereto, which were duly admitted to probate. The will is a very lengthy instrument, and we content ourselves with giving an abstract of it as stated by counsel for appellants:
Testator in paragraph 1 of the will, after vesting his property in the trustees named, directs the trustees, out of the proceeds of the sale of his…
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