Myers v. Wheatley
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Randolph. Chancery Court; Lyman F. Reeder, Chancellor; STATEMENT 0E EACTS. Ethel Alton Myers brought this suit in. equity against J. A. Wheatley and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company to surcharge and falsify the final account-current of J. A. Wheatley as her guardian.
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Appeal from Randolph. Chancery Court; Lyman F. Reeder, Chancellor; STATEMENT 0E EACTS. Ethel Alton Myers brought this suit in. equity against J. A. Wheatley and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company to surcharge and falsify the final account-current of J. A. Wheatley as her guardian. It appears from the record that J. A. Wheatley, as guardian of Ethel and Jesse Alton, minors, filed two annual accounts current with the probate court showing the state of his accounts as guardian of said minors. On January 15, 1919, he filed his third and final settlement in the probate court. Ethel Alton…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
(after stating the facts). It appears from the record that the item of $300 for the purchase of the mules and the item of $50 for the purchase of the wagon were embraced in the exceptions to the third and final account-current of the guardian. The plaintiff, Ethel Alton Myers, was then of age and filed exceptions to her guardian’s account. The guardian and the ward both testified in that proceeding about the same items and their testimony was practically the same as it is in the present case.
The court found against the ward in favor of the guardian upon the exceptions to his third and final…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Nelson v. CowlingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Campbell v. ClarkSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1897
- Nelson v. CowlingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Beakley v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Stubblefield v. StubblefieldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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