Madden v. Shallenberger

This action was begun in the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county by the separate guardians of the grandchildren of the testatrix, Anna T. Thompson, for the ostensible purpose of securing the advice and direction of the court as to a provisional agreement of settlement of a suit to set aside the will of testatrix, instituted by her daughters and heirs at law, by and under which will the wards of the plaintiffs take all their interest in the estate of the testatrix.

The plaintiffs, however, having invoked the jurisdiction of a court of equity for the purpose of securing a decree authorizing…