Judge of Probate for the County of Sullivan v. Hibbard
Supreme Court of Vermont
Debt on a probate bond, duly executed by the defendants to the judge of probate of the county of Sullivan, New Hampshire.
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Debt on a probate bond, duly executed by the defendants to the judge of probate of the county of Sullivan, New Hampshire. The plaintiff’s declaration was as follows: In a plea of debt, For that the said defendants on the 28th day of February, A. D. 1866, at Newport, in said county of Sullivan and state of New Hampshire, to wit, at Woodstock aforesaid, by their bond of that date, sealed with their seals, a certified copy of which is ready to be produced in court, bound themselves unto the judge of probate of the county of Sullivan, aforesaid, in the sum of twelve hundred dollars, to be paid to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
This action is brought upon a bond executed by the defendants to the plaintiff, to secure the faithful discharge of the duties of Eliza Hibbard, one of the defendants, as guardian of one Dennis C. Hibbard, a minor, to which office she had been appointed by the plaintiff. This bond was taken in pursuance of the statute laws of New Hampshire. The duties imposed by the appointment, the obligation created by the bond, and the rights and remedies under it, are all prescribed by the statute of said State.
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