Crosby v. Montcalm Circuit Judge

The relator claims that the estate of Nathaniel Slaght is indebted to him in the sum of upwards of $73,000. After Nathaniel Slaght died, commissioners on claims were appointed. On the 18th of October, 1892, the relator presented a claim against said, estate to said *25commissioners, charging said estate with upwards of $130-000, and crediting it with upwards of $60,000, leaving a balance due claimant, according to the statement, of upwards of $70,000. Below the statement of this balance were the following words:

“The entire proceeds (except the amount paid to Can-field to complete title, if any)…