State ex rel. Crouse v. Mills

By onr writ of prohibition the relators seek to prohibit the defendant Edwin W. Mills, judge of the probate court, from further entertaining jurisdiction of the person and estate of relator Margaret B. Clouse. ■ Upon application being filed, a preliminary rule was entered requiring respondents to show cause, and they in due time made their return. Relators then move for judgment upon the pleadings.

The petition and return are both long, but the apparent facts admitted by the pleadings are as follows:

In 1882 the relator Margaret B. Crouse was married to one William C. Crouse under the name…