Hamner v. Mason
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Court of Probate of Wilcox. ’ George W. Hamner, as the administrator of Benjamin Williamson, Jr., obtained a decree in the Court of Probate of Wilcox, on the 13 th of December, 1850, for $3265 09, against Benjamin Williamson, as guardian of his said intestate; on this decree an execution was issued, and returned “ no property found,” and thereupon another execution was issued under the statute, against the appellees, as the sureties of said guardian on his…
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Appeal from the Court of Probate of Wilcox. ’ George W. Hamner, as the administrator of Benjamin Williamson, Jr., obtained a decree in the Court of Probate of Wilcox, on the 13 th of December, 1850, for $3265 09, against Benjamin Williamson, as guardian of his said intestate; on this decree an execution was issued, and returned “ no property found,” and thereupon another execution was issued under the statute, against the appellees, as the sureties of said guardian on his official bond. The appellees filed a petition for a supersedeas of this execution, alleging that they became the sureties…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
The record shows, that the appellees wore sureties on the bond of Benjamin Williamson as guardian of Benjamin Williamson Jr. and others, who were minor children and heirs of Richard Williamson; and that on the 24th of February, 1842, they applied to the judge of the Orphans’ Court to be discharged from the bond; that at a regular term of the Orphans’ Court, on the 24th of March, 1842, the following decree was made: “ Estate of Richard Williamson, deceased. This day came Benjamin Williamson, guardian of the minor heirs of said estate, and executed a new bond, with Robert H. Williamson, Ferrin…
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