Outten v. Knowles

This was an action of debt on a guardian bond. Pleas, non est factum, payment, &c. The plaintiffs gave the bond in evidence; the guardian account, showing a balance due the ward, of $62 71; and proved the sum of $48 73, received by the guardian, and not accounted for. The defendants gave in evidence a receipt under seal, dated June 3, 1845, for $63 65, in full, of M. A. Outten’s share of her father’s estate; acknowledged, and recorded in the register’s office.