McKinnon v. . McKinnon
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action upon a Guardian Bond tried at Fall Term, 1878, of Richmond Superior Court, before Buxton, J. The plaintiffs were the business managers of Floral College, and in their complaint alleged that defendant McKin-non was duly appointed guardian of Hattie S. McKinnon and executed his bond with Hugh L. Patterson as one of the sureties; that said surety died leaving a will, and the defendant, Gilbert Patterson, qualified as the executor therein named; that said guardian…
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Civil Action upon a Guardian Bond tried at Fall Term, 1878, of Richmond Superior Court, before Buxton, J. The plaintiffs were the business managers of Floral College, and in their complaint alleged that defendant McKin-non was duly appointed guardian of Hattie S. McKinnon and executed his bond with Hugh L. Patterson as one of the sureties; that said surety died leaving a will, and the defendant, Gilbert Patterson, qualified as the executor therein named; that said guardian on account of board and tuition of his ward at said college became indebted to the plaintiffs in the sum of three hundred…
1Opinion of the CourtAshe, J.
The defendant, McKay McKinnon, was the duly appointed ■ guardian of Plattie S. McKinnon, and entered into bond with the usual conditions for the performance of the duties' of a guardian, in the court of probate for Richmond county, with one Hugh L. Patterson as surety thereto. Hugh L. Patterson died leaving a last will and testament in which he appointed the defendant, Gilbert Patterson, his executor.
For the board and tuition of his ward at Floral College, the defendant guardian gave his three several notes to the plaintiffs, as the business managers of the college, and signed each of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State Ex Rel. Jones v. BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
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- State v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1918