Sargent v. Wallis
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. The appellee, Kate Lee Wallis, a minor, by her guardian, W. B. Wallis, instituted this suit on the twenty-eighth day of May, 1886, in the district court of Galveston county, against George O. Cherry, her former guardian, and E. P. Sargent, S. T. x Blessing-and J. P. Kindred, the sureties on his bond, which was executed by them on July 12, 1882, and approved July 13, 1882, and made a part of the petition.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. W. H. Stewart. The appellee, Kate Lee Wallis, a minor, by her guardian, W. B. Wallis, instituted this suit on the twenty-eighth day of May, 1886, in the district court of Galveston county, against George O. Cherry, her former guardian, and E. P. Sargent, S. T. x Blessing-and J. P. Kindred, the sureties on his bond, which was executed by them on July 12, 1882, and approved July 13, 1882, and made a part of the petition. The petition alleged that Cherry first qualified as guardian of ■ the person and estate of the minor December 23, 1878; that…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
Prior to the time G. O. Cherry became guardian of the estate of the appellee, he took into his possession United States four per cent bonds amounting to three thousand dollars. This was done under an agreement with his wife, who was then the guardian of the estate of the minor to whom the bonds belonged. At the time he received the bonds he executed an instrument as follows:
“ Know all men by these presents, that I have this day borrowed from my wife, Mrs. C. C. Cherry, guardian of the estate *486of minor Katie Lee Wallis, three thousand dollars in United States four per…
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