Clark v. Berrien Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Catherine Clark and others to compel George W. Bridgman, circuit judge of Berrien county, to vacate a certain order and to enter an order granting petitioners leave to appeal from the findings of the commissioners on claims in a certain estate.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the Berrien circuit judge to allow a dilatory appeal from the allowance by the commissioners of the claim of Mary J. Keefer against the estate of Thomas Griffin, deceased.
From the plaintiffs’ petition it appears that on the 16th day of July, 1914, administration was granted upon the estate by the probate court of Berrien county, and an administrator appointed. Afterward commissioners to hear claims against the estate were appointed, and the claim of Mary J. Keefer was allowed without contest, on the 30th day of April, 1915, at the sum of…
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