Towles v. Roundtree
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. This case was decided at Tallahassee. A full statement of the case is contained in the opinion of the Court.-
1Opinion of the CourtDuPONT, C. J.
This is a hill in Equity filed by an administrator, and asking for the instruction of the Court to guide him in the administration of the estate. The point upon which the in*303struction is asked, grows out of the following state of facts: Uriah ICemp was the husband of Mary Ellen, a daughter of Francis Roundtree, the intestate. He was engaged in the’ mercantile business, but, failing therein, his father-in-law was compelled to pay a large sum of money for him, as his surety. "Whereupon, he executed and delivered to his said-father-in-law. the following instrument of writing, to wit:
“ $3,068 34.…
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