Pepper v. Stone
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an appeal from a decree of the court of probate for the district of Randolph. On the 3d day of March, 1836, John Stone, the appellant, was appointed by said probate court, guardian of the minor children of Daniel Peaslee, deceased, and gave bonds according to law.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the court of probate for the district of Randolph. On the 3d day of March, 1836, John Stone, the appellant, was appointed by said probate court, guardian of the minor children of Daniel Peaslee, deceased, and gave bonds according to law. On the 6th of April, 1836, at the request of the friends of said minor children, Josiah White was, by said court, appointed a joint guardian with said Stone, of said children, upon which the said Stone and White gave joint bonds, for the faithful performance of their duty, as such guardians, and a joint letter of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Williams, C. J.
John Stone the petitionee, and Josiah White, were appointed joint guardians of the minor children of Daniel Peaslee. An application was made to. have the guardians removed, and one of them, viz. White, tendered his resignation. The other guardian, Stone, claimed to be appointed sole guardian, or that the guardianship belonged to him. The judge of probate removed the guardians, on the ground that the resignation of White was a dissolution of the joint guardianship, and, of itself, operated as a removal of Stone, and, thereupon, proceeded…
2Cited by1 opinion
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