Steen v. Finley
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Rankin county; Hon. W. P. Harris, judge. This was an action of debt in the name of the judge of probate, for the use of the distributees of Robert Steen, deceased, against Silas Steen, administrator of William Steen, deceased, who was administrator of said Robert Steen, deceased, and said Silas Steen individually,'and founded on the administration bond of William Steen as administrator of Robert Steen, with said Silas Steen as security, to…
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In error from the circuit court of Rankin county; Hon. W. P. Harris, judge. This was an action of debt in the name of the judge of probate, for the use of the distributees of Robert Steen, deceased, against Silas Steen, administrator of William Steen, deceased, who was administrator of said Robert Steen, deceased, and said Silas Steen individually,'and founded on the administration bond of William Steen as administrator of Robert Steen, with said Silas Steen as security, to enforce payment of a decree of the probate court of Rankin county, rendered 27th March, 1848, against Silas Steen,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yerger
Several of the points presented by this record were decided in the case of Silas Steen, Adm'r, v. Silas L. Steen et al., [ante, 513,] and it is not necessary, therefore, to notice them again.
This action is brought on the bond of William Steen, as administrator of Robert Steen, deceased, against Silas Steen, the administrator of William Steen, deceased, and the sureties *548on the bond. The bond is joint and several; and it is alleged, that the administrator and sureties are improperly joined.
It is admitted by the counsel for the plaintiff in error, that if this bond was joint only, the action…
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