Buchoz v. Pray
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw Circuit. to the point that an appeal would not lie from the action of claim commissioners upon contingent claims, cited: 1 Mich., 193; 3 Mich., 163; 20 Mich., 366; 3 Mass., 309; B Mass., 614; 5 Johns., 174; 3 Wend., 494; 4 Bill, 207; 8 Post., 520; and that mandamus was the proper remedy to compel them, if they refused to perform their duty: Moses on Mand., 14; 23 Wend., 456; 35 Barb., 408; 24 N. T., 114; 11 Abbott Pr., 17; 37 Barb., 466. cited: Clark v.…
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Error to Washtenaw Circuit. to the point that an appeal would not lie from the action of claim commissioners upon contingent claims, cited: 1 Mich., 193; 3 Mich., 163; 20 Mich., 366; 3 Mass., 309; B Mass., 614; 5 Johns., 174; 3 Wend., 494; 4 Bill, 207; 8 Post., 520; and that mandamus was the proper remedy to compel them, if they refused to perform their duty: Moses on Mand., 14; 23 Wend., 456; 35 Barb., 408; 24 N. T., 114; 11 Abbott Pr., 17; 37 Barb., 466. cited: Clark v. Davis, 32 Mich., 159.
1Opinion of the Court
Graves, J:
Judge Ninde, Conrad Krapf and Asher A. Terry, having been appointed under ch. 158, G. L., commissioners on claims' against the estate of Louis R. Buchoz, deceased, Joseph Pray presented a contingent claim he held against the estate, together with his proof thereof.
February 25th, 1876, the commissioners made their report to the probate court and therein set down the presentation of the contingent claim by Pray and that it was disallowed. The report neither contained nor was technically accompanied by the proof made on the claim. At the same time, however, a full and perfect report…
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