Lane v. Mickle
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the probate court of Randolph. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Dobson. This was a proceeding by appellants, John Lane and Martha, his wife,, against appellee, as guardian of said Martha, to compel him to make final settlement of his guardianship.
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Appeal from the probate court of Randolph. Heard before the Hon. W. W. Dobson. This was a proceeding by appellants, John Lane and Martha, his wife,, against appellee, as guardian of said Martha, to compel him to make final settlement of his guardianship. On the 13th of May, 1861, a decree was rendered in the probate court of Eandolph county, in favor of said Martha against the administrator of her father’s estate, for $212.49 ; and at the time of the rendition of the decree the said administrator and sureties were solvent. The appellee, as guardian of the appellant, Martha, received in…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
This case was in this court, on the appeal of the present appellants, and was decided at the January term, 1869. The decree of the probate court, on which that appeal was taken, was reversed, and the cause remanded for another trial. The law of the case was then settled, and the rights and the liabilities of the parties determined. The case is reported in the 43d Ala., p. 109.
By the decision then made, we held that the guardian of Mrs. Lane, the said appellee (Mickle), was liable to account for the sum of two hundred and eleven 49-100 dollars, the amount of a decree in the probate court of…
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