Commonwealth ex rel. Raser v. Raser
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
October 21st 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1869, No. 195. This was an action' of debt brought, March 15th 1866,' by the Commonwealth to the use of Martha E. Raser against William R. Lockwood, Elizabeth K. Raser, Charles C. Boyd and Daniel Vincent. The writ was returned “nihil” as to Lockwood and Vincent, and “ summoned” as to the other defendants.
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October 21st 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: Of October and November Term 1869, No. 195. This was an action' of debt brought, March 15th 1866,' by the Commonwealth to the use of Martha E. Raser against William R. Lockwood, Elizabeth K. Raser, Charles C. Boyd and Daniel Vincent. The writ was returned “nihil” as to Lockwood and Vincent, and “ summoned” as to the other defendants. The suit was'on the bond of Lockwood, guardian of Martha E. Raser, a minor child of Thomas Raser, deceased, with the other…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Thompson, C. J.
The plaintiff, formerly a ward of the defendant Lockwood, brought this action in the court below against him and his sureties, on the bond given by them in the Orphans’ Court of Erie county, on his appointment as guardian of the plaintiff; conditioned according to the Act of Assembly, “ to render a just and true account of the management of the property and estate of said minor,” &e.
No account had, at the time of the bringing the suit, been filed by the guardian, although much more than three years had elapsed since his appointment; nor…
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- Commonwealth v. WenrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
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