Rowan v. Decell
Mississippi Supreme Court
EeoM tbe chancery court of Oopiab county. I-IoN. Robert B. Mates, Chancellor. Decell, administrator, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Rowan, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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EeoM tbe chancery court of Oopiab county. I-IoN. Robert B. Mates, Chancellor. Decell, administrator, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Rowan, appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Decell, as administrator, is asking a decree against Rowan for money not belonging to Mrs. Lamb, and which could not be used to pay her debts or distributed to her heirs, but for money declared in the hill to belong to the Hicks heirs. Cocke v. Bucks,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbuly, I.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The bill of complaint herein charges that Mrs. M. 33. Lamb’, was, in the year 1884, appointed guardian of the minor heirs, of 0. W. Hicks, deceased; that she'qualified as guardian by giving a bond, with appellant, E. A. Rowan, and one other, as sureties thereon; that Rowan was the son-in-law of Mrs. Lamb, and acted as her general agent; that, as such agent, he received of the estate belonging to said minors certain personal property, the proceeds of an insurance policy and the rents of certain real property, aggregating the sum of about $5,000;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Patty v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
- Cocke v. RucksMississippi Supreme Court · 1857