25 Ind. 371 | Ind. | 1865
This is a suit against an administrator and his sureties on his bond. The complaint avers that Owen was appointed administrator, with the will annexed, on the 25th of October, 1853, by the Court of Common Pleas of Hendricks county; that, by order of that court, the bond sued on was executed by the defendant; that the condition of the bond is, “that if the above bound Jonathan Owen shall faithfully discharge the duties of his trust, as the administrator of the estate of JBenjaviin Owen, deceased, and pay over to the proper persons all the money belonging to said estate, and discharge all the duties pertaining to his trust according to law, then this obligation shall be void, else to remain in force; ” that there was, at the time the bond was executed, in the hands of the administrator the sum of |8,000 belonging to the estate; that, although often required to pay over the money into court for distribution, the administrator had continued in the possession thereof, and had appropriated it to his own use and wholly failed to pay it over into court or to the relators. The defendants demurred to the complaint. The court below ovei’ruled the demurrer, and this is assigned for error. It is urged that the complaint is bad for not setting out the order of the court under which the bond was executed. As the breach complained of occurred after the execution of the bond, it is not material to show the reason for the order. It will be presumed that the Common Pleas Court conformed to the
The defendants answered by a general denial, and three other paragraphs not necessary to be noticed. The sureties answered in five paragraphs. Separate demurrers were sustained to the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th, and overruled to the 5th. The plaintiff replied to the 5th paragraph. Trial by the court; finding for the plaintiff'; motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment.
The ruling of the court below in sustaining the demurrers to the 1st, 2d and 3d paragraphs of the answer of the
The judgment is affirmed, with costs, and one per cent, damages.