Snow v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
'Complaint. Before Judge Lumpkin. Enlton superior ■ court. September term, 1895. The petition of Abraham M. Oolton against Rosa E. Brown, administratrix of Joseph T. Brown, was dismissed ■on demurrer; to which ruling the administrators of Oolton . excepted.
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'Complaint. Before Judge Lumpkin. Enlton superior ■ court. September term, 1895. The petition of Abraham M. Oolton against Rosa E. Brown, administratrix of Joseph T. Brown, was dismissed ■on demurrer; to which ruling the administrators of Oolton . excepted. The facts shown by the petition are, in brief, as follows: On April 5, 1880, George W. G'arrett, as guardian of Thom'as E. 0. Eckles, minor child of E. M. Eckles deceased, gave bond as such guardian, with John T. Eekles and -Joseph T. Brown as securities> in the sum of $6,000; and ■thereupon qualified and entered upon his duties as such .…
1Opinion of the Court
Little, Justice.
The facts are set out in the official report.
The points of law relied on to reverse the judgment in •the present oas'e are controlled by the decision of this court in the case of Tittle v. Bennett, 94 Ga. 405. In the argument here, leave was asked 'and granted to review this latter decision. The exact question made is: whether a surety on a second bond given by the guardian under the provisions of section 2533 of the Civil Code, after making good a devastavit of 'the guardian which occurred prior to the release of a surety on the first bbnd executed, is entitled to…
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- Sutton v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Tittle v. BennettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
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