Grand Rapids Trust Co. v. Bellows

Dennis Bellows, long a resident of Rockford, in Kent county, died in the hospital at Ann Arbor on May 17, 1922. On the 15th, he indorsed certain certificates of deposit, totaling $4,000, to his son, the defendant Rolland Bellows. The plaintiff, as administrator of his estate, filed the bill of complaint herein, alleging that the transfer of the certificates had been procured while deceased was mentally incompetent and by undue influence, and praying that it be set aside and said certificates, or the proceeds thereof, be decreed to be the property of the estate. From a decree granting such…