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Trusts - Compromise Agreement As Means Of Terminating Testamentary Spendthrift Trust
Trusts - Compromise Agreement As Means Of Terminating Testamentary Spendthrift Trust
Michigan Law Review
In Rose v. Southern Michigan National Bank, the Michigan Supreme Court refused to terminate a spendthrift trust composed of both real and personal property, although to end litigation upon the will all the parties in interest had signed a compromise agreement to terminate the trust according to the Michigan statute. There was no objection as to the fairness of the agreement, upon which ground the court might have refused to sanction the compromise under the statute. The decision seems to have been based upon the theory that to give effect to the compromise agreement would defeat the purpose of …
Wills - Pretermitted Heirs
Michigan Law Review
In an action based on section 1550 of the Compiled Laws of 1929 providing that a child omitted from the will of a parent shall share as in intestate succession unless it appears that such omission was intentional, the question arose as to whether this intent could be shown by extrinsic evidence. Held, such evidence is admissible. O'Neall v. Her, 254 Mich. 631, 236 N. W. 890 (1931).