Kirkpatrick v. State ex rel. Kirkpatrick

This was a suit brought by the defendant in error on a bond executed by the plaintiff in error as administrator of the estate of one Mary Timmons, deceased, for the faithful application of the' proceeds of certain real estate of the decedent, (for the sale of which he had procured an order of the Probate Court,) “ in pursuance of law and the order of said Court in the premises.”

The breach averred is, that said administrator did not faithfully apply the proceeds of said real estate according to law and the order of said Court; for that 288 dollars came to his hands from the sale of said real…