Reynolds v. Walker
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the probate court of Hinds county; Hon. Amos R. Johnston, judge of the probate court of Hinds county. The facts upon which the decision of the court was made, are contained in' the opinion. This case, as I think, is already decided. The law declared in Brown v. Mullins, 2 Cushm. 204, fully sustains the claim of the ward for interest.
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IN error from the probate court of Hinds county; Hon. Amos R. Johnston, judge of the probate court of Hinds county. The facts upon which the decision of the court was made, are contained in' the opinion. This case, as I think, is already decided. The law declared in Brown v. Mullins, 2 Cushm. 204, fully sustains the claim of the ward for interest. That case holds the guardian liable for interest, where the estate of the ward is money which comes to the guardian; and so also a failure to hire out slaves renders him liable for hires. That the guardian is also liable for interest on the balance…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
This is a controversy arising out of the final settlement of a guardian’s account; and is brought before us by writ of error from the court of probates of Hinds county.
The principal question in the case is, whether a guardian is, by the statute, chargeable with interest upon the money of the ward remaining in his hands, unless he has consented to take it, or has been ordered'by the court to lend it on interest.
This'question has arisen heretofore, on several occasions, and has been decided by this court. It arose, in the first instance, in Hendricks v. Huddleston, 5 S. & M. 422, decided at the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Austin v. LamarMississippi Supreme Court · 1851
- Brown v. MullinsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1852
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Crump v. GerockMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
- Johnson v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1857
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