Case Name: ABBOT vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1885-01-06
Citations: 1 McGrath 503
Docket Number: 
Parties: ABBOT vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
ABBOT vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne),
55 M., 410.

Opinion:
To vacate an order allowing an amendment to a declaration on the bond of a residuary legatee.
Denied January 6, 1885.
'The original declaration- alleged as a breach the failure to pay a claim which had been allowed in plaintiff's favor by the probate judge. The amended nan- alleged, as the breach, the failure to pay a note (more than six years then overdue) held by plaintiff, and which constituted the claim which had been allowed.
Held, that the amendment did not introduce a new cause of action.