Buckley v. McGuire
Supreme Court of Alabama
APPEALCfrOm Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. HAnEY T. TouLMnc. This was an action commenced by the appellant, H. B. Buckley, one of the distributees of the estate of W. W. Buckley, deceased, against the appellee, McGuire, and the sureties on his bond as general administrator of Mobile county, to recover for an alleged devastavit committed by McGuire, in the administration of the estate of said Buckley.
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APPEALCfrOm Circuit Court of Mobile. Tried before Hon. HAnEY T. TouLMnc. This was an action commenced by the appellant, H. B. Buckley, one of the distributees of the estate of W. W. Buckley, deceased, against the appellee, McGuire, and the sureties on his bond as general administrator of Mobile county, to recover for an alleged devastavit committed by McGuire, in the administration of the estate of said Buckley. McGuire was appointed general administrator of Mobile Qounty in 1864, gave bond, which was approved, and acted under it for the term of four years. During that term, in September,…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The question argued in the present case, arises out of the construction of the act, “ Authorizing the appointment of general administrator and general guardian *228for Mobile county, and for other purposes,” approved December 14, 1859. — Pamph. Acts, 551. McGuire was appointed general administrator and guardian in 1864, gave bond, which was approved, and acted under it for the term of four years. During that term, viz: in September, 1865, the estate of Buckley was, by the order and appointment of the Probate Court of Mobile county, committed to his charge as such general administrator, and he…
2Cited by1 opinion
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