Hess v. Reynolds, 113 U.S. 73 (1885), was a writ of error on the judgment of the Eastern district of Michigan circuit court remanding a cause to the state court. The plaintiff, a citizen of Missouri, prosecuted his claim in the probate court of Ionia County, Michigan, against the estate of Warren Sherwood, deceased, of which William Reynolds had been appointed administrator. The claim was resisted, and was referred to commissioners appointed by the probate judge, who reported against its allowance. The issue was appealed to the circuit court of Ionia county for a trial by jury and was moved to the circuit court of Jackson county after several years delay that the plaintiff believed that due to prejudice and local influence, he would not be able to obtain justice in the state court.