Bowers's Adm'x. v. State ex rel. Dryden
Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Appeal from Kent County Court. Debt upon the guardian bond of William Bowers, dated the 10th of May 1806, brought against the administratrix, (the appellant,) of one of the sureties in the bond.
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• Appeal from Kent County Court. Debt upon the guardian bond of William Bowers, dated the 10th of May 1806, brought against the administratrix, (the appellant,) of one of the sureties in the bond. The condition of the bond was, that Bowers, ‘fits guardian to Jinn Coburn, shall faithfully account with the; orphans court of Kent county, as directed by law, for the management of the property and estate of the orphan under his care; and shall also deliver up the said property, agreeablj" to the order of the said court, or the directions of law; and shall in all respects perform the duty of…
1Opinion of the CourtStephen, J.
at this term delivered the opinion of the court. This action was instituted in the court below, upon a bond executed by William Bowers, as guardian to Ann B. Coburn, in which bond John Bowers, the defendant’s intestate, united with him as surety. Ann B. Coburn, after she obtained the age of 16 years, passed her receipt to William Bowers for the full amount of her personal estate, without having received the same, but in consideration of a single bill, which was executed and delivered to her by her guardian, in which he bound himself to pay at a future day the sum of $330 21, it being, as the…
2Cited by6 opinions
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- Fisher v. DiehlCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
- McKim v. HandyHigh Court of Chancery of Maryland · 1848
- Corrie's CaseHigh Court of Chancery of Maryland · 1830
- Fay v. FayCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1937
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