In Re McIntyre Estate

This will contest, which was certified to the circuit court, resulted in a jury verdict for proponents. Objections to the probate of the will were filed by "William O. McIntyre of Newaygo, Hiram Ernest McIntyre of Grand Rapids, and Gracie Belle Reynolds of Seattle, Washington. The contestants were brothers and a sister of decedent, all of his heirs-at-law, except a half sister, Bessie Hatch McCollum, of Gardiner, Oregon.

The contestants objected to the admission of the will of the deceased, executed December 10,1953, and claimed that it was not properly executed, that there was undue influence…