Brown v. Roberts

The present action has been brought upon a tutor’s bond, signed by the defendant in 1833, as surety for Moses Brown, dative tutor to the plaintiffs, then minor children of William Brown, deceased.

The bond was given for $1,168. In 1848, the plaintiffs’ brought suit against Moses Brown for a settlement of the tutorship accounts, and recovered judgment in the sum of $4,185 70. Shortly afterwards, Moses Brown made a surrender of his property to his creditors. At the meeting of creditors, the plaintiffs, William Brown, Octavius Brown, since deceased, and the plaintiff George IClinepeter,…