Rankin v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, rendered in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and her husband were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
In January, 1889, J. H. Rankin, the husband of appellant, Sarah E. Rankin, qualified as guardian of appellee-, Mary S. Y. P. Goodwin, and in January, 1893, settled his final account, *82which showed a considerable balance due to his ward. Eor the recovery of that balance, appellee instituted a suit in equity, and in June, 1899, obtained a decree against her former guardian for $1,578.15, with interest.
At the time the liability of J. H. Rankin, as guardian, accrued, he was the owner of real and personal estate of the value of several thousand dollars, but before entry of the decree he had, by one…
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