Pfeiffer v. Knapp

Mr. Justice "Westcott

delivered the opinion of the •court.

This is a suit in equity by a ward, Chester P. Knapp, after attaining his majority, against his guardian, Hamp-son, and the sureties upon the guardian’s bond, Pfeiffer and Sullivan. The plaintiff, in his bill, alleges the receipt of named sums of money by the guardian from the executor of the will of his father, a failure upon the part of his guardian to make any account of his trust, and his failure to pay the sums due plaintiff from his father’s estate so received by him.

After admitting the receipt of small sums from his guardian, he…