IN RE CHRISTOFF ESTATE

Docket No. 124145.

193 Mich. App. 468 (1992)

484 N.W.2d 743

In re CHRISTOFF ESTATE GARSKE v. ATTORNEY GENERAL

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 6, 1992, at 9:55 A.M.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Marsh, for the petitioner.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Gay Secor Hardy, Solicitor General, Thomas L. Casey, Assistant Solicitor General, and Max E. Simon, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Before: MARILYN KELLY, P.J., and WAHLS and FITZGERALD, JJ.


MARILYN KELLY, P.J.

Elizabeth Garske, a devisee of the estate of Katherine Kent, appeals an order denying a petition to admit a photocopy of George Christoff's will into the probate of his estate. The original of the will had been retained by the attorney who drafted it. Despite a diligent search, it was never found.

On appeal, Garske argues that the photocopy of Christoff's signed, witnessed, original will was admissible as a duplicate. She further asserts...

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