McNamara v. Kent Probate Judge

On the 10th of April, 1908, an order was entered in the probate court for the county of Kent in the matter of the estate of Mary McNamara, deceased, licensing the Michigan Trust Company, as administrator of said estate, to sell a certain parcel of real estate owned by the deceased in her lifetime. On the 9th of June, 1908, the petitioner appeared in the probate office, the judge not being present; he having at some time on that day left the county, of Kent. The petitioner thereupon filed a claim of appeal and a bond in the penalty of $200. The bond was not approved by the judge of probate,…