Metz v. People

This suit against the sureties of the administrator of Newman Metz, to compel them to pay a judgment alleged to have been obtained against the decedent, has resulted in a record which abounds in legal informalities and some very significant errors. In March, 1891, Henry Metz, who was the father of Newman, filed a petition in the county court wherein he stated the death of his son, the estimated value of the personal estate, the absence of wife or children,' and prayed an appointment as administrator. The petition was granted. He filed a bond in the sum of one thousand dol*58lars, conditioned…