Eckford v. Evans
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Monroe County. Hon. Lafayette Haughton, Chancellor. In December, 1872, Andrew J. Evans was appointed guardian of several minor children of James A. Evans, deceased. In 1873, Andrew J. Evans loaned to W. B. Evans $3,600, winch was paid to the latter on the 31st of March, the 22d of May, and the 5th of June, upon checks on a certain banking-house, drawn by Andrew J. Evans as “guardian, etc.”
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Monroe County. Hon. Lafayette Haughton, Chancellor. In December, 1872, Andrew J. Evans was appointed guardian of several minor children of James A. Evans, deceased. In 1873, Andrew J. Evans loaned to W. B. Evans $3,600, winch was paid to the latter on the 31st of March, the 22d of May, and the 5th of June, upon checks on a certain banking-house, drawn by Andrew J. Evans as “guardian, etc.” W. B. Evans died on the 29th of June, 1876, and in August thereafter Q. O. Eckford was appointed administrator of his estate. In March, 1877, the estate of W. B. Evans was…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.
In 1873, Andrew J. Evans, guardian of his wards, loaned to W. B. Evans, in the aggregate, $3,600. The money was paid to W. B. Evans on three several checks, drawn by A. J. Evans, guardian, on Adams, Spratt & Co., bankers. The money loaned was derived from a policy of insurance on the life of James A. Evans, deceased, for the benefit of his wife and children. The guardian had money to his credit, in his fiducial character, with these bankers.
We are satisfied that the testimony satisfactorily establishes the above facts, though there is some controversy about them.
The allowance of the claim to…
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