Legal Opinion

Bunce v. Bunce

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 24, 1884PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. This is an action upon a guardian’s bond. There was a demurrer to the petition, which was sustained, and plaintiff ajipeals. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Rothrock, Ch. J.

It is averred in the petition, in substance, that George L. Bunce was appointed guardian of defendant on the fifth day of January, 1871, and that on the same day lie filed a guardian’s bond in the penal sum of $3,000, with the defendants, James G. Beebe and George Vermilya, as sureties, and that he immediately made application to sell certain real estate, the property of plaintiff, and that an order of sale was made in pursuance of said application; that said real estate was sold by said guardian for the sum of $1,675, and that the same was conveyed to the purchasers by said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bunce v. BunceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  2. Madison County v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. SchelperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1904
  2. State ex rel. Martin v. HarbridgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
  3. Iowa Trust & Savings Bank v. SoppeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
  4. Maryland Casualty Co. v. TressellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938

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