Stroup v. State ex rel. Fitch

— This was a suit by the appellee’s relators, against the appellants, upon a guardian’s bond^

In their complaint, the relators alleged, in substance, that on the 22d day of February, 1865, the appellant Andrew Merritt was duly appointed guardian of the person and property of the relatrix Mary Fitch, then Mary Merritt, a minor, and letters of guardianship were then duly granted to said Andrew Merritt by the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County, Indiana; that, on the same date, the said Andrew Merritt and Jacob Stroup executed their bond, payable to the State of Indiana, in the sum of two…