Gabriel v. Snell

MURPHY, Justice.

This is an appeal by a surety from a judgment by the probate court, sitting without a jury, holding a predecessor-guardian and her surety jointly and severally liable for the amount of an unapproved loan and interest thereon from the date of the loan in a suit by the successor-guardian for mismanagement and waste of the ward’s estate.

Anne-Marie Gabriel (Gabriel) was appointed guardian of the persons and estates of Randall Bentley Dawson (Randall) and Roy Elliott Dawson (Roy), minors, on October 18, 1966. On March 17, 1975, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (Fidelity)…