Vigal v. Castleberry
Vigal v. Castleberry
Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought by the trustee of Hattie R. Hastings against the executors of the former trustee for the recovery of money in the hands of the deceased trustee which belonged to the cestui que trust, and which the former trustee received and did not pay over, and which his executors have on hand and refuse to account for. The aption is brought on a bond by the ordinary for the •use of the present trustee against the executors of the deceased trustee and his sureties. On demurrer the cause was dismissed as to the sureties, and proceeding against the executors alone, a verdict was rendered against them, and judgment rendered thereon. A motion was made for a new trial, and overruled, and the judgment thus overruling this motion is assigned for error.
From this view of the case it will be seen that the refusal to charge that if the former trustee received land, there could be no recovery, is not erroneous ; and the other refusal in regard to the bond not being broken, couched in such broad terms as to make the jury judges of law and fact as to what would break it, is not error, the presumption being that the court told the jury what facts, if proved and believed, would in law be sufficient to authorize them to find that it was broken, and the evidence being abundant that it had been broken.
Judgment affirmed.
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