Michigan Supreme Court, 1885

Abbot v. Circuit Judge

Abbot v. Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided January 6, 1885
1 McGrath 503; 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.

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