Legal Opinion

Brooks v. Rayner

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 25, 1879PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.

This is a bill in equity, in the name of the Judge of Probate, for the benefit of Bethuel Ellis, now guardian *269of Daniel E. Norcross, a minor, to recover the sum of $1682.93, appearing to be due by the final account of William E. Rayner, a former guardian, who had given a guardian’s bond in the usual form, with James Rayner and Lilley Eaton as his sureties. The defendants are William E. Rayner and James Rayner, against whom the bill has been taken for confessed, and the executor and the devisees of Lilley Eaton, who have demurred generally to the bill.

The bill alleges that James Rayner is…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bacon v. PomeroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  2. Spelman v. TalbotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
  3. Grow v. DobbinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Ewing v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  2. Leach v. LeachMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  3. Coffey v. RadyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  4. Cobb v. KemptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  5. Forbes v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898

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