Darby v. Stribling

Citations

• 22 S.C. 243

Syllabus

<p>A guardian holding a note belonging to the estates of his wards given for the purchase money of a negro slave consented in 1872 to take judgment against the makers of the note, then perfectly solvent, for one-third of the amount due, because of an agreement then prevailing among the lawyers at that bar, induced by the rulings of their presiding judge. In 1871 the Supreme Court had twice decided that such debts were collectible. Held, that the guardian was liable to account to his wards for the full amount of the note.</p>