State v. Drury
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Montgomery Circuit Court. Eor statement of facts, see opinion. The following are the instructions asked by the plaintiff and refused: 1. If Drury was a member of the firm of Watkins & Drury, and did, in the year 1854, carry the money of his ward, A. M. Drury, into said firm, either as a loan or as a part of the capital stock of said firm, then that was a conversion of the funds in his hands as guardian, and a breach of his bond. 2. If Drury put the money in the firm…
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Error to Montgomery Circuit Court. Eor statement of facts, see opinion. The following are the instructions asked by the plaintiff and refused: 1. If Drury was a member of the firm of Watkins & Drury, and did, in the year 1854, carry the money of his ward, A. M. Drury, into said firm, either as a loan or as a part of the capital stock of said firm, then that was a conversion of the funds in his hands as guardian, and a breach of his bond. 2. If Drury put the money in the firm of Watkins & Drury, a firm of which Drury was a member, and there was no special contract with the other member of said…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, Judge
This was a suit upon a curator’s bond against the principal and his securities, founded upon breaches which occurred during the period of their liability, and before the securities were discharged from any further liability for the failure or misconduct of their principal, in consequence of a new and additional bond, with new securities, having been ordered and given to the satisfaction of the county court. There *284was ample evidence tending to establish several of the breaches alleged during the period of the liability of the defendants.
It appeared that the curator had converted the funds of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jones v. BrinkerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
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- State ex rel. Griffith v. HoltSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
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- Mitchell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- State ex rel. Pace v. McCormackSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
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