Hughes v. . Boone
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Fall Term, 1878, of Northampton Superior Court, before Seymour, J. This action was brought for contribution, and upon the facts set out in the opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Ashe, the court below gave judgment for plaintiffs and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The record in this case shows that Nicholas Peebles, on the ... day of., A. D. 18..., was duly appointed guardian of Ellen T. Peebles, by the county court of Northampton, and gave successively three bonds, in the penal sums of four thousand dollars each for the faithful discharge of his duties as guardian.
In the first bond William Boone, the defendant, and W. J. Capehart, one of the plaintiffs, were the sureties ; in the second, the sureties were the said Bo.one and W. T. Stevenson, the testator of the other plaintiff, W. H. Hughes; and in the third, Samuel T. Stewart and James W. Stancil…
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