Bradley v. Harden
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. The 'nature of this action is sufficiently indicated in the opinion.
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Appeal from Henry Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. H. D. Clayton. The 'nature of this action is sufficiently indicated in the opinion. The defendants filed the following, among other pleas: 1. That “the.plain tiff, if he ever was the administrator of Henrietta Jones, deceased, in the State of Georgia], had ceased to be such administrator before the commencement of this suit, he having removed from said State to Alabama, and being a resident of the State .of Alabama at the time of the commencement of this action.” 2. That “ no demand was made by the plaintiff, nor by any other person entitled…
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERYILLE, J.-
— The appellants are' sued as sureties on the official bond of one Appling, who wjas judge of probate of the county of Henry. The action is based on the alleged conversion by him, during his life-time, of the sum of eighty-seven dollars and fifty-three cents, paid to him on a decree *73rendered in favor of Henrietta Jones, a minor, of whose estate the plaintiff is administrator.
It is provided by statute, that the judges of probate of the several counties in this State be constituted the custodians of funds belonging to minors,-in certain specified cases, where the amount belonging…
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