Southwestern Surety Ins. Co. v. Peden

This is a suit brought by R. F. Peden, as guardian of the estate of Tina Ellison, a minor, against P. O’Brien, the former guardian, and the Southwestern Surety Insurance Company, which company, during the pendency of the suit, changed its corporate name to the Southern Surety Company, to recover the sum of $1,400, which it was alleged P. O’Brien received while he was guardian and failed to turn over to Peden, upon the latter’s appointment.

O’Brien answered, after a general denial: That he was the duly appointed guardian of the estate of Tina Ellison, and that there was turned over to him about…