Shurts v. Howell

The Chancellor.

It appears by the bill, that in March, 1866, Peter H. Aller, the complainant’s testator, and Charles Howell, executed, with Isaac Wilcox, and as sureties for him therein, a bond given by him as guardian of his daughter, Hester Ann Wilcox, a minor, in the penalty of $7,000, to the ordinary of this state. The estate of the minor, to the amount of $3,285, came into the hands of the guardian, and was entirely wasted by him. Subsequently, in the year 1872, he was, on that account, and on account of his insolvency, removed from his office of guardian by the orphans court of Hunterdon…