Succession of Johnston

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

King, J.

II. Swazey died in this city, leaving a vacant succession, of which A. G. Morris was appointed the curator, and he gave bond as such, with E. C. Johnston as his surety. In 1838 the curator filed a provisional tableau of distribution of the succession under his charge, in which he debits himself with $6126 26 as having been received, and sets forth a list of the privileged debts. He subsequently left the State, died insolvent in the State of Alabama, and Fink was appointed his successor in the curatorship. Since the date of the bond, Johnston,…