Comstock v. Vance
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus. Relators applied for mandamus to compel the respondent to set aside an order dismissing an appeal from probate court, and to permit them to appear and prosecute the appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Per curiam
Harriet J. Comstock, deceased, left an estate valued at $20,000. William B., Alfred M., Andrew W., and Joseph B. Comstock, and Helen E. Coombs, were-her children and heirs at law. William B. was appointed *49administrator of her estate, and while acting in that capacity he presented a claim against the estate of about $6,000, which was allowed by the probate court. Helen E. Coombs alone appealed from such allowance to the circuit court for St. Clair county. The appeal was pending in the circuit court, and undisposed of, until after the time when the other heirs could, by leave of the circuit…
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