In Re Critchell Estate

{dissenting). Appellants seek relief from this Court from the circuit court’s denial of a motion for judgment and the granting of appellee’s motion to dismiss in the circuit court for the county of Gogebic. The principal issue is whether or. not the probate court had jurisdiction to reopen the estate of Perry Long Critchell, deceased, and appoint a second administrator.

The facts in the case are practically undisputed. Frank T. Perlich, sheriff of Gogebic county,- on March 20, 1954, was a passenger in a State-owned Michigan State police car driven by State Trooper Perry Long Critchell. This…