Hicks v. Chapman

The plaintiff has obtained a judgment against the defendant, who is a spendthrift under guardianship, and contends that he has also a right to charge the trustees upon their answer. His judgment is for the amount of a debt due from the defendant to him, and the trustees admit that they hired of the guardians a tenement belonging to the ward, and owe them for one quarter’s rent. The plaintiff has an adequate remedy under our statutes, Gen. Sts. c. 109, to recover the amount of his judgment, by an action against the guardians on their bond. Conant v. Kendall, 21 Pick. 36. Cole v. Eaton, 8 Cush.…