Newman v. Reed

This is an appeal by a guardian from a decree rendered against him on the final settlement of his accounts. He was regularly appointed, on the 29th November, 1858, as the “guardian of Thomas S. Reed, Margaret A. Reed, James P. Reed, William D. Reed, Sarah E. Reed, and Susan A. Reed, minor heirs of James Reed,” deceased. At a special term of the probate, court of De Kalb, in which said appointment had been made, William D. Reed, one of said heirs, filed his petition on the 27th November, 1869, praying that said Newman, the guardian, be notified “ to file his accounts and vouchers, and make a…