State ex rel. Delmas v. Cox
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. On the 27th of January, 1876, Fannie A. Blake, now Fannie A. Cox, was appointed guardian of certain minors, and gave bond with Walter Denny and S. S. Henry as her sureties.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. On the 27th of January, 1876, Fannie A. Blake, now Fannie A. Cox, was appointed guardian of certain minors, and gave bond with Walter Denny and S. S. Henry as her sureties. On the 6th ■ of September, 1876, she obtained an order of the court of chancery for the sale of certain real estate belonging to her wards, and, as ■required by § 1221 of the Code of 1871,.gave “an additional bond and security faithfully to account for the proceeds of sale,” P. K. Mayers and J. B. Delmas being the sureties on this bond. The guardian…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The right result was reached in this case. ^ The new bond which the guardian gave by order of the court, on the application of the sureties on the first bond, was approved on the 8th January, 1877, and from that time forth the sureties on the first bond were not answerable for the conduct of the guardian. The sale she had made of lands of her wards was reported to and confirmed by the court at its March term, 1877. It is true the purchase-money of the land sold had been paid to her and by her loaned before the new bond was given, but until the confirmation of the sale by the court she had no…
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