Gorman v. Bonner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from St. Francis Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT by the COURT. In 1893 E. P. Featherston was 'by the probate court of St. Francis County appointed administrator of the estate of Mary A. Cole, deceased. lie gave bond and qualified, and took charge of the estate as administrator. E Bonner and certain other residents of St. Francis County became sureties on his bond.
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Appeal from St. Francis Chancery Court; Edward D. Robertson, Chancellor; STATEMENT by the COURT. In 1893 E. P. Featherston was 'by the probate court of St. Francis County appointed administrator of the estate of Mary A. Cole, deceased. lie gave bond and qualified, and took charge of the estate as administrator. E Bonner and certain other residents of St. Francis County became sureties on his bond. Before making his final settlement as administrator, Featherston removed to Texas, and Henry P. Gorman was appointed administrator in succession. Afterwards the probate court of St. Francis County…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by H. P. Gorman, administrator in succession and the heirs of Mary A. Cole, from a judgment of the chancery court enjoining them from enforcing a judgment of the circuit court which the administrator had recovered against E. Bonner and W. H. Coffey, bondsmen of L. P. Featherston, the first administrator of that estate.
The chancellor found that in the final settlement which the probate court made of the accounts of L. P. Featherston as such administrator the probate court charged him with $1,000 as the proceeds of the sale of the…
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