Van Zandt v. Grant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by. the defendants, John II. Grant and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of March, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was brought to enforce the liability of the sureties on a guardian’s bond, and the issues were tried before the court, a jury trial having been waived. On the 7th day of July, 1892, Katie Jay Grant was duly appointed by the surrogate of the county of New York general guardian of the person and property of Harry 0. Van Zandt, an infant then under fourteen years of age, and she duly qualified by taking the oath of office as required by law and by filing an undertaking in the penal sum of $8,000, with the appellants as sureties, in the form and conditioned as prescribed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Perkins v. . StimmelNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Sullivan v. New York & Rosendale Cement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Prentiss v. WeatherlyNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Martin v. HannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Allen v. KellyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re the Estate of KaufmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916