Lovelace v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Suit on guardian’s bond. Amendments. Decided by Judge Wobbill. Harris Superior Court. April Term, 1889. On the 13th of December, 1865, Smith made three promissory notes, payable one day after date, signed “Chas. A. Smith,” in which the promise is as follows: “I, as guardian, promise to pay John H. Lovelace or bearer,” etc. Upon these notes Lovelace brought “ complaint ” against Smith as “guardian for Catharine N. Simpson and Louisa J. Simpson.”
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Suit on guardian’s bond. Amendments. Decided by Judge Wobbill. Harris Superior Court. April Term, 1889. On the 13th of December, 1865, Smith made three promissory notes, payable one day after date, signed “Chas. A. Smith,” in which the promise is as follows: “I, as guardian, promise to pay John H. Lovelace or bearer,” etc. Upon these notes Lovelace brought “ complaint ” against Smith as “guardian for Catharine N. Simpson and Louisa J. Simpson.” Smith’s attorney confessed judgment to the plaintiff, and Lovelace’s attorney entered up judgment as follows: “ Whereupon it is considered by the…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
This Avas a suit instituted in the Court below on a guardian’s bond, against the principal and his security, to recover the amount of a judgment alleged to have been rendered against the guardian. When the judgment was offered in evidence, it appeared to have been rendered against the defendant therein, in his individual capacity, and not as guardian. Objection having been made to the introduction of the judgment in evidence, for the purpose of charging tire guardian and his security in a suit upon the bond, for a breach thereof, the plaintiff’s counsel then made a motion to the Court for…
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