State Ex Rel. Harris v. Harrison
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action brought by the Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial District under Bat. Rev. ch. 53 § § 21,23, to secure the estate of Lee A. Jeffreys, ward, after the removal of the the guardian, Carter B. Harrison, and heard upon exceptions at January Special Term, 1877, of Wake Superior Court, before Sohenck,, J. The complaint alleged the appointment and qualification, as guardian, of the defendant, Harrison, the execution of the guardian bond by the defendants, the failure to…
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Civil Action brought by the Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial District under Bat. Rev. ch. 53 § § 21,23, to secure the estate of Lee A. Jeffreys, ward, after the removal of the the guardian, Carter B. Harrison, and heard upon exceptions at January Special Term, 1877, of Wake Superior Court, before Sohenck,, J. The complaint alleged the appointment and qualification, as guardian, of the defendant, Harrison, the execution of the guardian bond by the defendants, the failure to renew his bond by Harrison, his removal by the Clerk, and the breach of the bond. The defendant sureties denied their…
1Opinion of the CourtReade, J.
In 1868, the feme plaintiff, then an infant, recovered judgment against C. B. Harrison, administrator of McKnight her former guardian, for $5,997.23.
In 1871, said Harrison became the guardian of feme -plaintiff, and sold her land for $1,471.00.
The two sums make $7,468.00, no part of which has been paid to her. And this action is brought to recover it of the «defendants, sureties on Harrison’s guardian bond.
'T’he estate of McKnight was solvent; Carter B. Harrison, bow bankrupt, was solvent; bis administrator sureties were and are solvent; and bis guardian sureties are solvent. And yet bis ward…
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