Anderson v. Cameron
Supreme Court of Iowa
Error to Eesmoi ies. This was an action of debt, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants in error, upon an administrators’ bond.
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Error to Eesmoi ies. This was an action of debt, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants in error, upon an administrators’ bond. The declaration set out the bond and an order of the probate court, that the administrator should distribute the moneys in his hands belonging to the estate of said James Anderson, deceased, or their legal representatives, and amongst other things, that said James Anderson should pay out of said moneys to said William, a minor, one of the legal heirs of said James Anderson, Sr., deceased, the sum of $247,00. Assignment of breach, &c. To the declaration the…
1Opinion of the Court
Bsr the Court.
The bond which is the foundation of the aclion in this case, was an administration bond, given by James Anderson, Jr., as principal, and the defendants as securities, the said James Anderson, Jr., having been appointed administrator of the estate of James Anderson, Sr. The bond was given under the statute of Michigan, which at the date of the bond was in force in the territory of Wisconsin, and is dated in May, 1838. (See Revised Statutes of Michigan, 1833, page 310.) The bond is in strict conformity with that statute. The statute of Michigan entitled, “ An act for regulating…
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