Hauenstein v. Gillespie
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. G. Q. Hall, Special Chancellor. In 1867 Eobert Gillespie was declared a lunatic by an inquisition of lunacy instituted by the probate court of Noxubee county, and a guardian of his estate was appointed. In 1872 Joseph Bardwell was appointed his guardian by the chancery court of Noxubee county, and gave proper bond. Afterwards, in 1878, he was required to give a new bond.
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From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. G. Q. Hall, Special Chancellor. In 1867 Eobert Gillespie was declared a lunatic by an inquisition of lunacy instituted by the probate court of Noxubee county, and a guardian of his estate was appointed. In 1872 Joseph Bardwell was appointed his guardian by the chancery court of Noxubee county, and gave proper bond. Afterwards, in 1878, he was required to give a new bond. Bardwell, under the bond thus executed, was the guardian of said Gillespie until his death in 1893. This is a suit in the chancery court of Noxubee county by Eobert Gillespie,…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
We find no error in the rulings on the evidence of the learned special chancellor who presided on the trial in the court below. *751In each instance complained of by appellant, it clearly appears that the original books of entry were produced before the commissioner who took the depositions of the witnesses, and that correct copies of the entries were taken from such books. It would be so very inconvenient to make the books themselves exhibits to the answers to interrogatories as to render that course practically impossible; besides, the books were the private property of the witnesses, and it…
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