Lámar v. Micou
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an appeal by the executor of a guardian from a decree against him upon a bill in equity filed by the administratrix of his ward.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This was an appeal by the executor of a guardian from a decree against him upon a bill in equity filed by the administratrix of his ward. The‘-original bill, filed on July 1, 1875, by Ann C. Sims, a citizen of Alabama, as administratrix of Martha M. Sims, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleged that on December 11,1855, the defendant’s testator, Gazaway B. Lamar, was duly appointed, by the surrogate of the county of Richmond in that State, guardian of the person and estate of Martha M.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
He recited the facts as above stated, and continued :
The authority of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Rich mond - and State of^ New York to appoint Lamar guardian of the persons and property of infants at the time within that county, and the authority of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, in which this suit was originally brought, being a court of general equity jurisdiction, to take cognizance thereof, are not disputed; and upon the facts agreed it is quite clear that none of the defences set up in the answer afford any ground for dismissing the bill.
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