National Surety Corp. v. Estate of Burger

— This proceeding was instituted by appellant in the Probate Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, for the purpose of procuring an order of that court discharging it from future liability under a curator’s bond which it executed for respondent estate in the sum of $30,000 and filed in said court. The petition was heard by the probate judge and denied, whereupon an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, where it was tried by the court resulting in a judgment denying the relief sought. Appellant appealed to the Supreme Court but that court held that it did not have…