Lynch v. Rotan
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. John M. Rotan died in 1837, leaving a widow, Cynthia, and John M. Rotan, Byron Rotan, Susan Jane and Haney Rotan, his children. The widow, Cynthia, married Willis Smith, and he was afterward appointed guardian of these children, who were all in their minority, executing bond, with several sureties, two of whom subsequently died.
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. John M. Rotan died in 1837, leaving a widow, Cynthia, and John M. Rotan, Byron Rotan, Susan Jane and Haney Rotan, his children. The widow, Cynthia, married Willis Smith, and he was afterward appointed guardian of these children, who were all in their minority, executing bond, with several sureties, two of whom subsequently died. Money belonging to these children came to the hands of the guardian, and after having made one settlement with the Probate Court of Marion-county,-. he also died. Susan…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bbeese
John M. Rotan died in 1837, leaving a widow, Cynthia, and four children, namely: John M. Rotan, Byron Rotan, Susan Jane and Nancy Rotan, all under age at that time. Their mother, Cynthia, married Willis Smith, and in 1847 he was appointed guardian of these children, and executed a bond with John Lynch, Charles M. Smith, Samuel Craig, Solomon Smith and John Hammers, securities, in the sum of twelve hundred dollars. Money belonging to these children came to the hands of Willis Smith as their guardian, amounting to four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty cents. The guardian removed to…
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