Mitchell v. Rice
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lauderdale Chancery Court-. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. The bill was filed by Ariadne Rice, by next friend, against Robert Andrews and the sureties on his bond as register in chancery, J. J. Mitchell and W. P. Campbell, seeking to charge them for money belonging to complainant, which the register had deposited in the bank of said W. P. Campbell and lost through the bank’s failure and to set aside certain decrees based on a fictitious or false report of said…
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Appeal from Lauderdale Chancery Court-. Heard before Hon. W. H. Simpson. The bill was filed by Ariadne Rice, by next friend, against Robert Andrews and the sureties on his bond as register in chancery, J. J. Mitchell and W. P. Campbell, seeking to charge them for money belonging to complainant, which the register had deposited in the bank of said W. P. Campbell and lost through the bank’s failure and to set aside certain decrees based on a fictitious or false report of said register. Complainant was owner of a half interest in certain land. The owners of the other half interest (the Bond…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
— In January, 1888, under a decree of the chancery court defendant Andrews as register in chancery sold for division certain lands from the proceeds of which complainant was entitled to $5,190.80 and Thomas Bond and his three minor children weré each entitled to $1,297.70. Prior to February 26, 1890, the purchase money had all been collected by the register who Avithout authority had placed it by general deposits in the. private bank of defendant Campbell. Previously an order had been made in the same case which, conditioned upon his giving bond, appointed Campbell trustee for the interested…
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- Ex parte SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
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