Reynick v. Saginaw Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Charles J. Reynick and others, executors of the last will of Ezra Rust, deceased, to compel Ernest A. Snow, circuit judge of Saginaw county, to vacate an order extending the time to settle a bill of exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
Plaintiffs are executors and executrix of the will of Ezra Rust, admitted to probate by the probate court of the county of Saginaw. On behalf of the State a petition was filed in said court the purpose of which was to reach certain mining leases, so-called, covering lands in Minnesota, in which Mr. Rust had been lessor, it being the contention of the State that the leases are personal property and that their transfer under the will is subject to the inheritance tax *565law of the State. The probate court dismissed the petition. On appeal, defendant, circuit judge, directed a verdict against the…
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