Beam v. . Froneberger
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN, tried before Buxton, J., at Spring Term, 1876, of the Superior Court of Lincoln. The defendant Froneberger was duly appointed guardian of the plaintiffs and three other wards, and gave bond as such, with one E. B. Jennings and others as sureties.
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Civil ActioN, tried before Buxton, J., at Spring Term, 1876, of the Superior Court of Lincoln. The defendant Froneberger was duly appointed guardian of the plaintiffs and three other wards, and gave bond as such, with one E. B. Jennings and others as sureties. One Joshua Beam had been the guardian of said wards, and, in settlement of his guardianship with the defendant Frone-berger, conveyed to him a tract of land, whereupon Frone-berger gave him a receipt in full of his indebtedness to said wards. Defendant Froneberger settled with three of his wards, and this action was brought by the other…
1Opinion of the CourtRodman, J.
One Joshua Beam, having been guardian of the plaintiffs and of three others, the brothers and sisters of the plaintiffs, was discharged or resigned, and the defendant Froneberger was appointed guardian in his place; and gave bond, with Jennings and others as his sureties. Froneberger then had an account with the former guardian, who was found indebted to his five wards in a certain sum. In payment of this sum he (Froneberger) took from Beam, the former guardian, a conveyance to himself (Froneberger) of the land mentioned in the pleadings to his own use, and released Beam.
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