Sir John Reade's Estate

Sir John Reade's Estate

The first legal suit in Washtenaw over the property of which Sir John Stanhope Reade, of Webster, was heir, has been commenced in the circuit court and is the suit of Maria Louisa Pierce, of Ypsilanti township, against Leonhard Gruner as sole executor of the will. Sir John died March 16, '83, leaving a will which divided the property he expected from the Compton estates among his five children unequally. Mrs. Pierces' share, $10,000, which she says is now in Mr. Gruner's hands, was put in trust, interest to be paid her during her husband's life with a contingent remainder to her children. The tangle is over the contingent remainder and she wants the will construed.