Porrett v. Lauer
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Macomb; Tucker, J. Bethany A. Porrett presented a claim against the estate of Andrew J. Lauer, deceased, for the amount of a judgment in an action of tort. The claim was disallowed by the commissioners, and claimant appealed to the circuit court, which entered judgment for claimant. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
On October 9, 1905, Bethany A. Porrett (then Lauer), the above-named claimant, obtained against said Andrew J. Lauer, her father-in-law, in the *498circuit court for the county of Macomb, a judgment for a sum amounting, with costs, to $1,589. She was unsuccessful in her attempts to collect the same during the lifetime of said Andrew J. Lauer, who died March 4, 1914, leaving an estate inventoried at $1,798.72. Thereafter said judgment, with computed interest, was presented to the probate court as a claim against decedent’s estate, where it was disallowed by the commissioners on claims. On appeal…
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