Case Name: CARPENTER (Admr.) vs. PROBATE JUDGE (Ottawa)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1882-04-25
Citations: 1 McGrath 378
Docket Number: 
Parties: CARPENTER (Admr.) vs. PROBATE JUDGE (Ottawa),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 378–378

Head Matter:
CARPENTER (Admr.) vs. PROBATE JUDGE (Ottawa),
48 M., 318.

Opinion:
To compel approval of relator's bond as administrator and issue letters of administration.'
Denied April 25, 1882.
Held, that while a probate judge cannot arbitrarily reject an administrator's bond, he may require the sureties to justify and the Supreme Court will not interfere with such an exercise of discretion unless in a clear case of abuse.