Probate Court v. Child
Supreme Court of Vermont
Debt on a probate bond in the sum of $800, executed to the Probate Court for the District of Orleans by defendant Child as principal, and defendant Sumner as surety, on July 12,1844, and conditioned for the faithful performance by Child of his duties as guardian of the prosecutor, Charles B. Child. Defendants pleaded jointly non est factum, and non aecrevit within four, six, and eight years.
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Debt on a probate bond in the sum of $800, executed to the Probate Court for the District of Orleans by defendant Child as principal, and defendant Sumner as surety, on July 12,1844, and conditioned for the faithful performance by Child of his duties as guardian of the prosecutor, Charles B. Child. Defendants pleaded jointly non est factum, and non aecrevit within four, six, and eight years. Defendant Sumner also pleaded the Statute of Limitations severally, in the same form, and alleged his surety-ship. Trial by the court, December Term, 1875, Powers, J., presiding. In 1845 the ward attained…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
July 12, 1844, the defendants, Child as principal and Sumner, as surety, executed a bond to the Probate Court for the district of Orleans in the sum of three hundred dollars, with the usual conditions, to secure the faithful performance of the duties of said defendant Child as guardian of the prosecutor Charles B. Child. The ward attained the age of majority in 1845. In answer to a citation issued for that purpose, May 28, 1860, the guardian, Levi B. Child, settled with the Probate Court his guardian account, and there was found in his hands…
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