Ralston v. Wood
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was heard before Walker, Judge, at June term, 1853, of the Adams Circuit Court. This was a suit in chancery brought by the defendant Wood against the legal representatives of his cosecurities upon the administration bond of Daniel G. Whitney, as administrator of Nathaniel Pease, deceased, to recover contribution for moneys paid by him as such security, as he insists, to one of the heirs of said deceased.
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This cause was heard before Walker, Judge, at June term, 1853, of the Adams Circuit Court. This was a suit in chancery brought by the defendant Wood against the legal representatives of his cosecurities upon the administration bond of Daniel G. Whitney, as administrator of Nathaniel Pease, deceased, to recover contribution for moneys paid by him as such security, as he insists, to one of the heirs of said deceased. Wood alleges in his bill substantially, that on the 21st of September, 1836, Daniel G. Whitney and Jacob Perkins were, by the probate court of Adams county, Illinois, appointed…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, J.
In September, 1836, Whitney was appointed administrator of the estate of Pease, and gave a bond as such administrator in the penalty of thirty thousand dollars, with the complainant Wood, and Alexander, the ancestor of the defendants, and two others, who are insolvent, as his sureties. In May, 1847, Whitney exhibited his administration account to the probate court, from which it appeared there was due and owing from him as administrator to Nathaniel Pease, Jr., one of the heirs of the intestate, $5,870.14, which sum the administrator was adjudged to pay to Pease as heir. Whitney having…
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