Allen v. Stovall
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Allen and others sued Bast and others and recovered against all the defendants except the heirs of Reed, a deceased surety on the guardian’s bond sued on. From this plaintiffs appealed, appellees assigning cross errors. The judgment was affirmed in part and in part reversed and rendered and both sides obtained writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. Allen and others sued Bast and others and recovered against all the defendants except the heirs of Reed, a deceased surety on the guardian’s bond sued on. From this plaintiffs appealed, appellees assigning cross errors. The judgment was affirmed in part and in part reversed and rendered and both sides obtained writ of error. The portion of the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals relating to the guardian’s claim for expenses in maintenance of his wards was as follows: “In regard to the…
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought by E.E. Allen, joined by her husband, Granville Allen, Charles H. Bast, D.S. Bast, and T.J. Bast, upon the bond of Abe Bast, given as their guardian. One of the sureties on the bond having died, the principal, the surviving surety, and the heirs of the deceased surety were made parties defendant.
The conclusions of fact found by the trial judge were approved by the Court of Civil Appeals, and, with one exception to be hereafter noted, present a full statement of the facts of the case. So far as necessary to the purposes of this opinion, we here set them out.
"1. I find…
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