Blair v. Sennott
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—■ heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was a common law certiorari, issued by the circuit court of Cook county, bringing before that court the record of the probate court of the same county, ordering appellant to deliver to Martha Tafft, administratrix with the will annexed of the estate of Henry Tafft, deceased, certain moneys found to be in his hands, and belonging to that estate.
Some complaint is made of the failure of the probate court to make up the record, showing what actually transpired in the proceeding -before that court. If a court refuse to make a proper record, the remedy is by mandamus, and not by certiorari.…
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