Stanton v. Estate of Johnson

The probate court of Buchanan county ordered the guardian of A. A. Johnson, an insane person, to sell two mules belonging to Johnson. The sale was made at public auction on the 15th of December, 1910, and while it was being cried by the actioneer the guardian, in response to plaintiff’s inquiry, said he would guarantee that the mules were “sound in every particular.” Plaintiff purchased them at a bid of $500', in reliance on such guaranty. Plaintiff then discovered one of them was not sound —that he was wind-broken. The guardian reported the sale on the 11th of January, 1911. Plaintiff then,…