Osmun v. Oakland Circuit Judge

Commissioners on claims were appointed in the estate of Reuben Green, deceased, by the *28probate court of Oakland county. Relator, who held a note executed by the deceased, which was secured by a real-estate mortgage, filed a claim before the commissioners, in which he stated that he presented the claim for allowance as a contingent claim. The commissioners allowed the claim at $4,638.50. Relator claimed that this was little more than half the amount actually due him, and took an appeal to the circuit court. Subsequently he moved the court to set aside the appeal and the order of the…