Johnson v. Bobbitt

Citations

• 81 Miss. 339

Syllabus

<p>1. Guardian. Infant. Arrival at majority. Deoree.</p> <p>A decree of the chancery court directing its clerk, into whose hands money belonging to an infant litigant has come, to pay the same over to the guardian of the infant, may be enforced and collected by the infant after he becomes adult, although he never had a guardian.</p> <p>2. Estates oe Decedents. Sale of lands. Special statutory bond. Code 1880, § 1932; code 1892, § 589. Chancery clerk. Official bond. Code 1880, § 180?; code 1892, § 460. New term. Neio bond.</p> <p>Where the clerk of the chancery court was appointed a commissioner to sell the lands of a decedent for distribution of the proceeds among the heirs, and he makes such sale, he and the sureties on his official bond at the time of the sale and reception of the purchase money are liable (code 1880, §1807; códe 1892, §460) to the heirs for their distributive shares of the proceeds, although a special statutory bond (code 1880, §1932; code 1892, §589), to account for the proceeds, was executed by him before the sale, and they remain liable after the clerk has entered upon a new term of office and executed another official bond.</p>