McDow v. Brown
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before JOHNSON, On., at LANCASTER, June, 1868. Tlie facts relating to the only point considered by the Supreme Court in this case are stated in the judgment of that Court. The Circuit decree from which the appeal was taken is as follows: JOHNSON, Oh.
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Before JOHNSON, On., at LANCASTER, June, 1868. Tlie facts relating to the only point considered by the Supreme Court in this case are stated in the judgment of that Court. The Circuit decree from which the appeal was taken is as follows: JOHNSON, Oh. In the year 1851, John S. Cunningham died intestate, leaving as his heirs-at-law his widow Mary, one son, Robert Alfred Rinaldo, the child of the said Mary, and two daughters, to wit: Isabella, who, since his death, has intermarried with Thomas E. McDow, and Nancy, the children of a former marriage. At June Term of this Court, 1854, Mary…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Willakd, A. J.
Complainant, as administrator of R. A. R. Cunningham, deceased, seeks to open a guardian’s account, stated and settled between himself and the defendant, Brown, sole surviving executor of D. Barnes, the guardian of complainant’s intestate. The accounting took place January 1, 1866, and covered a period of ten years then last past. A balance was ascertained in favor of the ward’s estate. The results were reduced to writing, and the balance was stated and payment made by the defendant to the complainant, and receipts and discharges…
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