Taylor v. Calvert

This is an action brought in the court below by the appellees against the appellant and James R. Hodges and Louisa M. Hodges, his wife, in two paragraphs, based upon the following state of facts: On March 23, 1874, the appellant Robert R. Taylor was appointed guardian of John I. and Mathew H. Calvert, as successor to James R. Hodges, whose bondsmen were insolvent. Hodges had converted the larger portion of his wards’ funds, but executed to Taylor a note and mortgage on his only remaining farm or property as security for $711 of the money, and included in the mortgage a $200 note due to…