16 Kan. 60 | Kan. | 1876
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action brought by Ida Ward against W. T. Shively, William Crowell, and A. G. McKinsie, for the breach of the condition of a guardian’s bond. Shively was the guardian. Crowell and McKinsie were the sureties on the bond, and Ida Ward was the minor under guardianship. She is now, and was at the commencement of this suit, of full age. The bond-was executed in the name of the state of Kansas as obligee. It is now admitted by the parties that the only question involved in the case is, whether Ida Ward can maintain 'this action in her own name, or whether she must prosecute the same in the name of the state. At common law, all actions on penal bonds had to be prosecuted in the name of the obligee. This was not always so in equity,
The judgment of the court below is affirmed.