Williams v. Goodwin

The question is, Did the circuit court err in dismissing an appeal from the probate court, the effect of which was to sustain validity of a nunc pro tunc order?

In 1926 Gordon Freeman was appointed guardian of Walter Williams and other minors. Appellees were sureties on his bond.

February 19, 1927, Freeman filed a new bond with National Surety Company as surety. The probate judge indorsed on his docket: “ Substituted bond 2-19-27. Approved and ordered recorded. Bondsmen on bond for $10,000 approved 8-23-26 released from further liabil-

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