Ames v. Williams

Citations

• 74 Miss. 404

Syllabus

<p>1. Guardian and Ward. Accoimtvng. Bond.</p> <p>A guardian and his sureties are accountable not only for money collected by him, but also for money which he might and could have collected by proper diligence.</p> <p>3. Same. Delivery of assets to successor. Estoppel.</p> <p>When a guardian neg'lects to collect a solvent note due him as such, and delivers the same to his successor, his wards, in contesting his account, are not estopped from charging- him and his sureties as if he had actually collected the money due on the note, with interest, by the fact that they had reduced the note to judgment against the maker, even where the g-uardian is himself the maker of the note, credit being given, however, for what was realized by the suit.</p>