Stanton v. Estate of Johnson

Allen Johnson is an insane person whose estate is in charge of a guardian appointed by the probate court of Buchanan county. At the November term on the 26th November, 1910, that court ordered the guardian to sell at public outcry a lot of personal property, including a pair of mules. Plaintiff attended the sale and purchased the mules for $500 cash, on the guardian’s warranty that they were sound. The guardian made report of the sale at the same term. Plaintiff shortly discovered that one of them was worthless and at the same November term (January 23,1911) presented his claim to the probate…