Hoffman v. Stoudemire
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Probate Court of Autauga. In tlie matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Lewis Stoudemire, as guardian of Catharine A. Hoffman.
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Appeal from Probate Court of Autauga. In tlie matter of the final settlement of the accounts and vouchers of Lewis Stoudemire, as guardian of Catharine A. Hoffman. This settlement was made on the 3d day of April, 1867. In relation to the credit of $3,900, mentioned in the opinion, the bill of exceptions states as follows : “ There were two credits allowed the guardian on said annual settlement of June 8th, 1866, one of $3,300, and one of $600, which were claimed to be for money invested by the guardian, for the ward, in Confederate States four per.cent, certificates. The said Catharine, by…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
Opon the .final settlement of the accounts of the appellee, as guardian of the appellant he was credited with $3,900. This credit was allowed upon the ground that so much money was, by the guardian, during the existence of the government of the Confederate States, invested in four per cent, certificates of that government.
Several objections are made to the legality of this credit. The first objection which we will notice is, that the investment was not reported to the probate ■ court within sixty days after the investment. The act of 9th November, 1861, (Pamphlet Acts, p. 53,) requires that…
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