Lorimer v. Wayne Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Emily Lorimer to compel William L. Carpenter, circuit judge of Wayne county, to allow relator a jury trial of issues sought to be raised by an appeal from an order of the probate court.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Relator filed a petition in the probate court, stating that she was the widow of Thomas Lorimer, deceased ; that said Lorimer died intestate and without issue; that at the time of his death he was the owner of certain lands in Wayne county. The petition set up the names of the claimed heirs, and asked an order under 3 How. Stat. § 5992a et seq., determining who were the legal heirs. On the hearing the probate court found that the petitioner was not the widow or heir at law of the deceased, and had no interest in the lands, etc. He thereupon denied the petition. An appeal was taken by the…
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