Abbot v. Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court
Abbot v. Circuit Judge, 1 McGrath 503 (Mich. 1885)
55 McGrath 410

Abbot v. Circuit Judge

Opinion of the Court

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
ABBOT v. CIRCUIT JUDGE (Wayne)
Status
Published