Best v. Johnson

Belcher, C. C.

This is an action against the principal and sureties on a bond, made to insure the faithful performance by the principal of the duties devolving upon him as assignee of the estate of an insolvent debtor. The complaint alleges the appointment of the defendant Johnson, as assignee of the estate, the execution, approval, and filing of the bond, the plaintiffs’ ownership of certain described personal property, and that Johnson, while acting as such assignee, wrongfully and unlawfully, and against the will of plaintiffs, took the property from them and converted it to the use and…