Legal Opinion

Leach v. Gray

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 20, 1917No. 5 Div. 686PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Tallapoosa County; W. W. Whiteside, Judge. 'Controversy between W. F. Leach, as guardian, etc., and William Gray and others. From the decree rendered, the former appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

There is but one question presented by the appeal, and the'record is unnecessarily voluminous in the presentation of that question.

Mhy a guardian-who, without security, has loaned money of his ward to a firm of which he is a member, in a suit in equity to dissolve and settle that insolvent partnership, have the amount so loaned paid back to him by the receiver out of the assets of the partnership, or may the individual indebtedness of such partner to his firm be set off against such claim?

In answering concretely the question propounded, it may be important to observe that one of the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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