National Surety Co. v. Thayer's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Brown (William B.), J. Petition by the National Surety Company to reopen the estate of George W. Thayer, deceased, for the purpose of filing a claim. The petition was denied in the probate court, and plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant Michigan Trust Company, trustee, brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
George W. Thayer, to whose estate this litigation relates, died testate in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 21, 1916. The amount of his estate is not disclosed nor what his will provided, beyond the fact that he left a “residue” of his estate to the Michigan Trust Company of that city to be held by it as trustee for two beneficiaries named George W. Thayer, Jr., and Cassius Thayer, nominating said trust company as executor of his will. On October 3, 1916, said will was duly probated and allowed in the probate court of Kent county and said trust company was appointed executor,…
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