Herndon v. . Pratt

1st. The perishable property and the negro which was sold by the administratrix, with the will annexed, durante minoritate:

The bill seeks to charge Pratt and Clements, who were the sureties of the administratrix, on the ground, that the bond which they executed, was, by mistake of the clerk, drawn in a way so as to be inoperative, but in equity, they are held liable to the same extent as they would have been liable at law on the bond, had it been properly filled up, and the administratrix de bonis non cum testamento of the testator charges the sureties of the administratrix with a devastavit,…