Woodbury v. Hammond
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, allowing the guardianship account of the late William Woodbury, of Danville, in the county of Androscoggin, made and filed in said Probate Court, by Hannah ’Woodbury, as administratrix of the estate of the said William Woodbury. In 1842, William Woodbury was appointed and qualified as guardian of the defendant, who lived in his family until she attained her majority.
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Appeal from the decree of the Judge of Probate for the county of Cumberland, allowing the guardianship account of the late William Woodbury, of Danville, in the county of Androscoggin, made and filed in said Probate Court, by Hannah ’Woodbury, as administratrix of the estate of the said William Woodbury. In 1842, William Woodbury was appointed and qualified as guardian of the defendant, who lived in his family until she attained her majority. The guardian duly gave bond for the faithful performance of his duties, and also a bond to account for the sale of the real estate of his ward, the…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
What is the position voluntarily assumed by one who places his name as surety upon a guardian’s bond to the Judge of Probate?
He undertakes and promises on his own personal responsibility, and for the more perfect protection and security of the ward, that the individual appointed as guardian, among other things, will faithfully discharge his trust, and will render just and true accounts of his guardianship when by law required.
v Can the surety, then, be heard in that forum at every step of the proceedings, or upon a final adjustment of the guardian’s account, to allege that the accounts, which…
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