Stallings v. Barrett
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Spartanburg, July, 1886. To the statement of the case as made in the opinion of this court, it may be added that the ground upon which the Circuit Judge sustained the first ground of demurrer, as appears from argument of counsel, was that the complaint did not allege the court or officer by whom the guardian ad litem of the infant plaintiffs was appointed, nor the time when.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
The defendant, Charles P. Barrett, on March 5, 1875, was duly appointed by the ordinary of Morgan County, Georgia, guardian of Lucius M., Bartow J., Thomas J., and Fannie M. Stallings, and entered into bond in the sum of $5,000 for the faithful performance of his duties as such guardian. As guardian he received $500 in money, and some lumber, which he converted into money, but he never made any returns as required by law, or any expenditures for his said wards, or in any way accounted for the estate of the wards in his hands. Soon…
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