Bond v. Dillard
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Panola. Tried below before the Hon. E. 8. Walker. January 21, 1876, suit was brought in the District Court of Panola county by W. H., Isaac E., Joel, Adelbert, James, and Louisa Dillard, (the last three, being minors, suing by their next friend, W. H. Dillard,) and against Samuel A. Eoed, E. B. Ashurst, J. D. Youngblood, and J. E. Bond.
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Appeal from Panola. Tried below before the Hon. E. 8. Walker. January 21, 1876, suit was brought in the District Court of Panola county by W. H., Isaac E., Joel, Adelbert, James, and Louisa Dillard, (the last three, being minors, suing by their next friend, W. H. Dillard,) and against Samuel A. Eoed, E. B. Ashurst, J. D. Youngblood, and J. E. Bond. The alleged cause of action was, that, in 1867, G. W. Dillard, the father of plaintiffs, had executed his bond as guardian of their estate, and that the defendants were sureties on the bond; that, as guardian, their father received in specie…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted in the District Court of Panola county on January 21, 1876, and, as amended, was in favor of Elizabeth Singletary and her husband, Frank Singletary, Joel P. Dillard, and Isaac B. Dillard in his own right and as next friend of the minors, Adelbert E., James A., and Louisa I. Dillard, against E. B. Ashurst, J. D. Youngblood, and James B. Bond, the appellant. The defendants were sued as sureties of G. W. Dillard, then deceased, upon his bond as guardian of said plaintiffs. He was charged with having converted to his own use the sum of $506.10,…
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