MILLS v. BUTLER

Docket Nos. 42, 76, Calendar Nos. 48,636, 48,637.

364 Mich. 422 (1961)

110 N.W.2d 817

MILLS v. BUTLER. BUTLER v. MILLS.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Carr & Street (Leland W. Carr, Jr., of counsel), for individual plaintiffs and defendants.

Newman, Chamberlain, Jones & Mackay (Donald A. Jones, of counsel), for trustee defendant and plaintiff.


TALBOT SMITH, J.

The problem in this case concerns the proper interpretation of a clause in a will.

The testator, Frederick E. Mills, died in November of 1946. His family consisted of his wife, his son, Lucius, who is a party to this litigation, and 3 daughters, 1 of whom was totally deaf. The parents' concern for this young woman was obvious and is a matter of record. They "wanted to provide special protection for her so that whatever she was to receive when...

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