Woodin v. Durfee
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair. Appeal from tbe allowance of a claim by commissioners on the estate. The administrator brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
In the circuit court the judge directed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff; and the writ of ■error raises the question whether he could rightfully do this on the ease as it stood.
The respondent in the circuit court was the estate of Albert Staley. The claimant was Sarah M. Durfee, as administratrix on the estate of James F. Durfee, deceased. The claim was made upon a bond, which, with the justification of sureties and approval of the probate judge, is given in the margin.* No question is made that the jurisdictional *426facts essential to the giving of a valid bond existed, bnt it was…
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