Ames v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Kobert C. Patty, deceased, was guardian of the appellees, and as such came into possession, among other assets, of a note for $2,200, executed by himself, payable to the ancestor of his wards, and which was secured by deed in trust on lands. Patty never accounted for any part of this note.
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From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Kobert C. Patty, deceased, was guardian of the appellees, and as such came into possession, among other assets, of a note for $2,200, executed by himself, payable to the ancestor of his wards, and which was secured by deed in trust on lands. Patty never accounted for any part of this note. After Patty’s death his administratrix, in 1891, filed a final account of his guardianship, and delivered the $2,200 note, and the deed of trust securing it, to the succeeding guardian of the appellees. In 1892 the appellees instituted a suit to enforce the lien of…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The opinion of. this court on the former appeal in this case (Ames v. Williams, 73 Miss., 772), substantially disposes of the third and fourth assignments of error in the present appeal. These assignments are, in brief, that the chancery court erred in making annual rests, in stating the account of Patty’s administratrix, and in compounding interest, and in not allowing expenditures in excess of income collected during any one year.
Now, both assignments are clearly held by us to be without merit in the former opinion dismissing the other appeal. It was declared by us, that if, as is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ames v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1896
- McWilliams v. NorfleetMississippi Supreme Court · 1885
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