Town of Salisbury v. Button

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus. Defendants Button and Wood are the judge and register of probate respectively of the probate court for the district of Addison. Defendant Waterhouse is the clerk of the town of Salisbury. The petition is brought to secure the correction of the date of the final decree of said court in the settlement of the estate of Columbus Smith, late of Salisbury, deceased, and to have expunged from the records of said court and the land records of said town the existing records of such decree. Thomas E. Boyce, executor of the will of said Smith, and the persons…