Perkins v. Cheney
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Adsit, J. Assumpsit by Cyrus E. Perkins, probate judge of Kent county, for the use and benefit of May Cheney Hinman and Elsby Cheney, against Zerah V. Cheney, as surety on the guardian’s bond of Amherst B. Cheney, impleaded with Edwin Bradford, co-surety, and said Amherst B. Cheney. Prom a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an action on a guardian’s bond. Nehemiah E. Cheney died, intestate, on March 7, 1880, leaving a widow and two children, — May Cheney, since married, and referred to in this record as May Cheney Hinman; and Elsby Cheney, then aged three years. Amherst B. Cheney was appointed administrator of the estate of Nehemiah, and on October 8, 1880, on petition of the widow, Mi’s. Nettie Cheney, Amherst B. Cheney was appointed guardian of the minors, and gave the bond in suit, with his brother Zerah Y. Cheney and Edwin Bradford as sureties. In the fall of 1893, Amherst B. Cheney failed in…
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