McCleary v. Menke
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Cass county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
This was an action brought by the administrator of the estate of Jennie and Effie Hicks, upon a guardian’s bond, to collect a certain sum of money claimed to have been received by Edwin Howe, as guardian of Jennie and Effie Hicks, and never paid over or accounted for. The breach alleged in the declaration in substance is, that Howe, on the 12th day of August, 1867, received, as guardian for each of said wards, the sum of $829.22, which he appropriated to his own use. Henry Menke was surety on the bond of Howe, and he alone was served with process. To the declaration he pleaded nil debet, and…
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