People ex rel. Campau v. Circuit Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Motion on behalf of Daniel J. Campau and Francis Palms, two of the defendants to a suit pending in the Circuit Court for the county of Wayne in Chancery, for a writ of prohibition, to be directed to said Court. The petition therefor had attached to it a copy of the bill in that cause, from which the following facts appear: The complainants are children and presumptive heirs at law of Joseph Campau, who is upwards of 94 years old.
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Motion on behalf of Daniel J. Campau and Francis Palms, two of the defendants to a suit pending in the Circuit Court for the county of Wayne in Chancery, for a writ of prohibition, to be directed to said Court. The petition therefor had attached to it a copy of the bill in that cause, from which the following facts appear: The complainants are children and presumptive heirs at law of Joseph Campau, who is upwards of 94 years old. In I860, the relators, Daniel J. Campau, who is also one of the children of said Joseph, and Francis Palms, who is a son in law, together with the wife of said…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
An application is made to this Court for a writ of prohibition, to restrain the Circuit Court for the county of Wayne in Chancery, from entertaining jurisdiction of a bill filed for relief touching the affairs and estate of Joseph Oampau, alleged to be non compos mentis.
It appears that the Probate Court appointed a guardian, and that on appeal the order was reversed and another guardian appointed, and the cause was remanded to have security given by the new .appointee. It is alleged that a writ of error has been sued out, and that the Probate Court regards this writ as a…
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