Owen v. Ward's Estate
Michigan Supreme Court
■ Petition by Tubal C. Owen, residuary legatee under the last will and testament of Eber B. Ward, deceased, for the appointment of an administrator de bonis non. The petition was denied in probate court, and petitioner appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment affirming the order of the probate court, petitioner brings error. On motion of Orrin W. Potter, former executor, to dismiss the writ.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
A petition was filed in the probate court by Mr. Owen, residuary legatee under tbe will of Eber B. Ward, for tbe appointment of an administrator de bonis non. The former executor, Mr. Potter, appeared, and claimed that he had administered all the assets of the estate. The probate court of Wayne county, where the petition was filed, denied the petition, and the petitioner removed the case by appeal to the Wayne circuit court. The case was there heard before the court without á jury, and the order of the probate court affirmed. The petitioner brings the case into this court by writ of error.
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