Venable v. Howard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. Guardian and Ward. Confederate Money. Before Judge Erwin. Jackson Superior Court, February Term, 1881. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
The defendant in error brought his action on a guardian’s bond, given by John Venable, as principal, and William M. Duke and H, C, Appleby, as securities, to *168recover an amount claimed to be due by the guardian to his ward, Terrell Wood. On a former trial, a verdict was returned for the defendants, but on a motion for new trial and to set aside the verdict, the court granted a new trial, as against Venable, the principal in the bond, but refused it as to the securities, holding that they had been discharged by the act of Terrell Wood, the usee. The present trial, therefore,…
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