State ex rel. Murray v. Bishop
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This case was argued in the Superior Court of Baltimore City upon the following agreed statement of facts : “It is admitted in this ease that the said Richard C. Murray was duly appointed by the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore City the guardian of his infant children, Margaret A. Murray, William E. Murray and Alice Anne Murray, and that after his appointment he gave bond for the faithful performance of his duties as guardian,…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. This case was argued in the Superior Court of Baltimore City upon the following agreed statement of facts : “It is admitted in this ease that the said Richard C. Murray was duly appointed by the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore City the guardian of his infant children, Margaret A. Murray, William E. Murray and Alice Anne Murray, and that after his appointment he gave bond for the faithful performance of his duties as guardian, which was duly approved by the said Court, a copy whereof is herewith filed, marked No. 1, as part of this statement.…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
We entertain no doubt whatever that the breaches alleged in the amended nar. are within the conditions of the bond sued on, and that the fourth plea of the defendants would be no defence to the action, but rvould be bad on demurrer. The object of the guardian bond is to secure the ward against the illegal disposition of his property by the guardian, or its maladministration ; and where a guardian illegally sells and transfers .the property of the ward contrary to the Act of Assembly, without a previous order of the Orphans’ Court, and converts the proceeds to his own use, it is no answer to…
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- Mayor of Baltimore v. NormanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1853
- Merryman v. State at the inst. of Harris ex rel. MurrayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1822
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