John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Durfee

Mandamus. Relator petitioned the probate court of Wayne county for the allowance against the estate of a deceased person of a contingent claim which had become absolute after the expiration of the time limited for creditors to present their claims. On the hearing the respondent refused to allow the claim, and dismissed the petition, and relator applied for mandamus to compel the allowance of the claim.