IN RE DUTTON ESTATE

Docket No. 58, Calendar No. 46,961.

347 Mich. 186 (1956)

79 N.W.2d 608

In re DUTTON ESTATE.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 6, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Vander Meulen (Clarence A. Lokker, of counsel), for proponent.

Rosemary Scott, for contestants Burgess and Gallagher.

Harold M. Street, for contestant George Schwab.


BLACK, J.

The so-called Dodge act of 1921 (PA 1921, No 249, now re-enacted and superseded by part of the probate code, CL 1948, §§ 702.45-702.48 [Stat Ann 1943 Rev §§ 27.3178(115)-27.3178(118)]), authorizes compromise and adjustment "of any good faith contest of the admission to probate of any instrument propounded as the last will and testament of any decedent." The question brought here is whether such enactment — assuming...

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