People v. Manistee Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the people of the State of Michigan against Charles A. Withey, circuit judge, to compel respondent to set aside an order refusing to grant an extension of time for settling a bill of exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus requiring respondent to vacate and set aside an order refusing to grant relator an extension of time for the purpose of settling a bill of exceptions. The following dates are important:
On April 7, 1916, judgment was entered in the circuit court of Manistee county adjudging one Hattie Belle Spencer to be the common-law wife, and so heir at law, of one James S. Madison, deceased, and against the contention of the people of the State of Michigan that the said James S. Madison, deceased, died without heirs, and therefore that his estate escheated to…
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