Chambe v. Durfee
Michigan Supreme Court
Belators applied for a writ of prohibition against respondent, restraining any proceedings under Act No. 205, Laws of 1893, in the matter of the estate of their testatrix. Argued January 16 and 17, 1894. Granted April 17, 1894. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Long, J.'
Relators are executors of the will of Mary Suess, deceased. The county treasurer applied to the probate judge to appoint an appraiser of said estate to determine its valuation for taxation, under Act No. 205, Laws of 1893. Relators answered the petition, denying the jurisdiction of that court in the premises, on the ground that the act was unconstitutional. This objection in the answer was overruled. This proceeding is for a writ of prohibition against the probate judge, restraining any proceedings under said act.
The act is entitled—
“ An act to provide for the taxation of certain1…
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