Case Name: HART ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Shiawassee)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1885-05-06
Citations: 1 McGrath 429
Docket Number: 
Parties: HART ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Shiawassee),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 429–429

Head Matter:
HART ET AL. vs. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Shiawassee),
56 M., 592.

Opinion:
To compel tbe bearing of a claim made by a creditor against an estate, where be bad failed to present it to tbe commissioners while in commission, on appeal to the Circuit Court from tbe order refusing to bear tbe application.
Granted May 6, 1885.
Held, that under Secs. 5893-5895 tbe probate judge must either revive tbe commission for bearing tbe claim or be may bear it himself; that mandamus lies to enforce this right, and that tbe merits of tbe claim are not open upon application for mandamus.