Howard v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Guardian and ward. Ordinary. Appeal. New trial. Verdict. Before Judge Hide. Houston Superior Court. May Adjourned Term, 1873. Barrett cited Howard, as his guardian, to appear before the court of ordinary of Houston county, for a settlement. After an investigation, the court rendered a judgment in favor of the defendant for eighty-five cents. The case, at the instance of plaintiff, was carried by appeal to the superior court.
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Guardian and ward. Ordinary. Appeal. New trial. Verdict. Before Judge Hide. Houston Superior Court. May Adjourned Term, 1873. Barrett cited Howard, as his guardian, to appear before the court of ordinary of Houston county, for a settlement. After an investigation, the court rendered a judgment in favor of the defendant for eighty-five cents. The case, at the instance of plaintiff, was carried by appeal to the superior court. Upon the trial had in said tribunal, the evidence made this case : The defendant was the administrator of James E. Barrett, the father of plaintiff. At the sale of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
The jury certainly found from the testimony that plaintiff in error invested the monéy of his ward in the land, to which the guardian was ordered by the verdict to make titles to the ward. There was positive testimony strongly showing that *18this was the fact. All this evidence was admitted without objection, so far as the record shows. The issues were thus presented, heard and passed upon. There was nothing in those issues over which the superior court did not have jurisdiction, and the jury had the power to render the verdict they found. No point was made on the trial, so far as…
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