Maxwell v. Harkleroad

Citations

• 77 Miss. 456

Syllabus

<p>1. ChanceRy Clerks. Guardians ex officio. Commissions. Code, 1892, $ 2189. Final settlement.</p> <p>A settlement by a guardian as to moneys arising from personalty or rent of land, which were wholly collected and disbursed by him, is final as to that much of his ward’s estate, and commissions thereon at the rate of ten pep centum are allowable to a chancery clerk as ex officio guardian, under code 1892, § 2189, although other chancery clerks preceded and succeeded him as guardian.</p> <p>2. Same. Money not received as guardian.</p> <p>In a suit against a chancery clerk, as ex officio guardian, and the sureties on his official bond, his right to commissions on moneys of his ward not received by him as guardian will not' be inquired into — as, when such moneys were collected and disbursed by him in another state in which there was no ancillary guardianship.</p>