Peckham v. Hoag
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Berrien. (O’Hara, J.) Petition for the removal of an administratrix. Petitioner brings error from order of circuit court, affirming the order of the probate court, denying the petition, and discharging the administratrix and her bondsmen as on a full accounting. and case ordered to be certified to the probate court, with directions to proceed upon the petition, to the end that sale may be made of real estate to pay the debts of the estate.
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Error to Berrien. (O’Hara, J.) Petition for the removal of an administratrix. Petitioner brings error from order of circuit court, affirming the order of the probate court, denying the petition, and discharging the administratrix and her bondsmen as on a full accounting. and case ordered to be certified to the probate court, with directions to proceed upon the petition, to the end that sale may be made of real estate to pay the debts of the estate. The facts are stated in the opinion. ■
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Since this case has been brought into this Court, the petitioner, Mr. Peckham, has died. His death has been suggested of record in the present proceeding in this Court, and an order made that the case proceed in the name of George B. King, special administrator of the deceased.
The proceeding is for the removal of Elizabeth A. Hoag as administratrix de bonis non. The petition for removal was heard in the probate court for Berrien county, the petition dismissed, and the administratrix and her bondsmen fully discharged. An appeal was taken from this •order to the circuit court of that county,…
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