Reed v. Lane
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Allamakee District Court. — Hon. L. O. Hatch, Judge. Action at law on a guardian’s bond, to recover an amount alleged to be due from the principal. There •was a trial by the court without a jury, and a judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendants H. P. Lane and Anna A. Lane appealed.
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Appeal from Allamakee District Court. — Hon. L. O. Hatch, Judge. Action at law on a guardian’s bond, to recover an amount alleged to be due from the principal. There •was a trial by the court without a jury, and a judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendants H. P. Lane and Anna A. Lane appealed. Proceedings were afterwards had in the district court for the correction of the record, which resulted in an order correcting it, and from that order the same defendants appeal. The ■case is submitted on two appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
In February, 1880, the defendant H. P. Lane was duly appointed guardian of the persons and property of Lizzie Hostert, Henry Hostert, Katie Hostert, Herman Hostert, and Emma Hostert, minor heirs of Matthias Hostert, deceased. He gave the bond upon which this action is based, executed by *457himself as principal, and by the defendant Anna A. Lane and others as sureties, and entered upon the discharge of his official duties. In the year 1888 he made an accounting, and was found by the court to be indebted to the estate of which he had charge in the sum of three thousand nine hundred and…
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