Legal Opinion

Coleman v. Lamar

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1866PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Probate Court of Rankin county. Hon. J. W. McMaster, judge. cited Rev. Code, page 461, article 145; Foster v. Bislamd, 23 Miss. R. 296 ; Rice v. Smith, 37 Miss. R. 644.

1Opinion of the CourtEllett, J.

The appellant, in January, 1865, filed three separate petitions against the appellee, as guardian severally of S. E. Liles, N. T. Liles, and G. W. S. Liles. The petitions were precisely alike, except in the name of the ward. They alleged that the petitioner, in 1856, became the surety of the defendant as. guardian of said wards, respectively, and that he conceived1 *776himself in danger of suffering by reason of his being such surety, and prayed that the defendant might be required to give a now bond.

On the filing of these petitions, the petitioner took an order in the following words:

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Foster v. BislandMississippi Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hutton v. MooreSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1870
  2. In re the Estate of RowellMississippi Supreme Court · 1963

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