Crumpler v. Deens
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Crenshaw. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden, The bill in this case was filed on the 30th May, 1885, by “Mrs. Lorena Grumpier, a minor under twenty-one years of age, and R. E. Orumpler, her husband,” against A. "W. Deens and John R. Salter, as successive guardians of Mrs. Orumpler, and the sureties on their respective bonds as guardian; and sought a settlement of said guardians’ accounts, and especially in reference to their respective…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Crenshaw. Heard before the Hon. S. K. McSpadden, The bill in this case was filed on the 30th May, 1885, by “Mrs. Lorena Grumpier, a minor under twenty-one years of age, and R. E. Orumpler, her husband,” against A. "W. Deens and John R. Salter, as successive guardians of Mrs. Orumpler, and the sureties on their respective bonds as guardian; and sought a settlement of said guardians’ accounts, and especially in reference to their respective liability for four “Alabama State Bonds, Class A, for $1,000 each, with coupons attached,” which belonged to said ward’s…
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
The bill was filed by appellants, to compel A. W. Deens to an account and settlement as guardian of the estate of the appellant, Lorena Orumpler. The bill does not seek to re-open a settlement made by the guardian, on the special ground, that injustice was done complainants by accident, surprise, fraud, or by the act of the guardian without fault or neglect on their part; nor is it filed under the statute, for the correction of errors of law or fact, which intervened in the final settlement. It makes no allusion whatever to any settlement in the Probate Court. Its general equity rests on the…
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