Reed v. St. Clair Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Ann Reed to compel Watson Beach, presiding as circuit judge in St. Clair county, to vacate a judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Relator presented her petition to the probate court of St. Clair county, alleging she was the widow of Peter W. Reed, deceased, and asking statutory allowance out of his estate. From an order granting an allowance, the matter was removed by certiorari to the circuit court. Although a motion was made to dismiss the certiorari, the case went to hearing on its merits, and a final judgment was rendered reversing the order of the probate court. Relator now applies for mandamus to compel the circuit judge to set aside that final judgment.
The circuit judge returns that the facts were all agreed to,…
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