In Re Estate of Bowman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedeel, J.:

This action was instituted in the probate court by a guardian of an incompetent person to open and vacate a judgment of final settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate. The ultimate relief sought was to set aside a deed to 200 acres of land executed and delivered by the alleged incompetent to the decedent in 1938, the land having been inventoried after decedent’s death in 1945 as a part of his estate and assigned to appellees.

The issues in the probate court were joined by a petition, answer and reply. The nature of the primary…