United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Coughlan

This is the second appeal of this case on the merits. In the decree first rendered by the court, it assumed jurisdiction of an action to surcharge and falsify the settlement of John H. Vaughan, executor, but held that it had no jurisdiction to surcharge and falsify the accounts of John H. Vaughan as guardian of Mrs. Edmondson or of Mrs. Frances A. Vaughan (now Sabine), executrix and guardian in succession, on the ground that these settlements were pending and undisposed of in the probate court. This court, with some modification, affirmed that part of the decree affecting the settlement of…