High v. Snedicor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Chancery Court of Hale. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. In 1858, V. Gayle Snedicor was appointed guardian of .Bettie J. High, (the complainant and appellant), by the Probate Court of Greene county. Defendant had made certain settlements of his guardianship, and in 1858 he filed a petition in the Probate Court aforesaid, for an order to sell the complainant’s land. An order for sale was granted, and said land was sold.
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Appeal from Chancery Court of Hale. Heard before the Hon. A. W. Dillard. In 1858, V. Gayle Snedicor was appointed guardian of .Bettie J. High, (the complainant and appellant), by the Probate Court of Greene county. Defendant had made certain settlements of his guardianship, and in 1858 he filed a petition in the Probate Court aforesaid, for an order to sell the complainant’s land. An order for sale was granted, and said land was sold. At said sale, one Williamson A Glover purchased the land at $5.80 an acre, and executed his three promissory notes therefor, due respectively in one, two and…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
The bill in this cause was filed on the 18th • day of August, 1870, by appellant, against V. Gayle Snedicor, her former guardian, and others. It assails the correctness of the final settlement of the guardian, made on the 16th day of June, 1864, and seeks to surcharge and falsify the account, together with other matters of relief prayed. There is no charge of, fraud or bad faith in the making of *409the settlement, or of any irregularities therein. The complainant attained to lawful age on the third or fourth of May, 1864, and we do not find that any material requirement of the law, governing…
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