Brown v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Liability of guardians. Confederate money. Before Judge Pope. DeKalb Superior Court. October Term, 1869. Brown was guardian of two Misses Gentry, who married William Wright and his son, William A. Wright, and was sued by them for a settlement. The dispute was as to the amount due them.
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Liability of guardians. Confederate money. Before Judge Pope. DeKalb Superior Court. October Term, 1869. Brown was guardian of two Misses Gentry, who married William Wright and his son, William A. Wright, and was sued by them for a settlement. The dispute was as to the amount due them. The plaintiffs showed the record of his actings and doings as administrator of Mason Gentry, the father of said ladies, from the 1st of June, 1857, till the 5th of June, 1863, at which last date, as such administrator, he turned over to himself, as guardian of Mason Gentry’s minors, $5,966 53, and read the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The evidence shows, in this case, that the guardian acted with the caution of a prudent man, in the loan made to Meredith Brown; as he took a mortgage on negro property worth, at the time, $3,000 00, to secure the payment of $1,940. It is the duty of a guardian to keep the money of his ward at interest, and if he fails to do so, without good cause, he is liable for interest. Prior to the adoption of the Code, 1st January, 1863, the practice in this State was for the guardian to keep the money invested; and, if he acted continuously as a prudent man acts in the transaction of his own business,…
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