Adams v. Jones

This bill is filed against the sureties of William R. Hardaway, who, by virtue of his office as *118sheriff of Greene county, had become the guardian of the complainants in the year 1857. His term of office expired in August, 1860, and he died in the year 1874, before the commencement of this suit. The facts, as stated in the bill, show that there had been no settlement of the guardianship of Hardaway, and that more than six years had elapsed since the expiration of his term of office, and that more than three years had elapsed since the arrival at majority of all the complainants, except…