Earle v. Crum
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Prohate Court of Pontotoc county. Hon. Chvin B. Cherry, judge. On the 15th February, 1859, Benjamin C. Earle was appointed, by the Probate Court of Pontotoc county, guardian of Harriet Crum, whose father was then living. Earle gave bond, with security as guardian, returned an inventory, and filed two annual accounts, showing the condition of the estate in his hands.
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Appeal from the Prohate Court of Pontotoc county. Hon. Chvin B. Cherry, judge. On the 15th February, 1859, Benjamin C. Earle was appointed, by the Probate Court of Pontotoc county, guardian of Harriet Crum, whose father was then living. Earle gave bond, with security as guardian, returned an inventory, and filed two annual accounts, showing the condition of the estate in his hands. On the presentation of his second annual account, in March, 1861, the court, of its own motion, declined to accept the same, and revoked his letters of guardianship, on the ground that his guardianship was a…
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, J.
It appears that, at the February Term, 1859, of the Probate Court of Pontotoc county, the appellant was appointed, by said court, guardian of the persons and estates of John Crum and Harriet Crum, the appellee, infant children and heirs of Mary Crum, deceased; and that he returned inventories of the personal estates of his said wards, settled his first annual account of the guardianship of the appellee, and tendered to the court his second annual account as such guardian, which was rejected by said court at the March Term thereof, 1861, and his letters of guardianship revoked, on the ground…
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