Case Name: Jno. H. Jesse v. S. E. Jones
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1873-01-08
Citations: 6 Ky. Op. 274
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jno. H. Jesse v. S. E. Jones
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 6
Pages: 274–274

Head Matter:
Jno. H. Jesse v. S. E. Jones
Bills and Notes — Action—Pleading—Demurrer.
Where a note plainly imports a personal obligation of the maker, a petition against the maker in his official capacity as guardian is demurrable at the instance -of the guardian’s sureties.
APPEAiL FROM WOODFORD CIRCUIT COURT. '
January 8, 1873.
Porter, Wallace, for appellant.
D. L. Thornton, W. Ttvrner, for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Hardin:
The note for $106.85 exhibited by the appellee, as evidence of his debt, appears to have been taken in satisfaction of the accounts for taxation, and according to repeated decisions of this court, plainly imparts the personal obligation, of A. H. Bohannan, the fact of his being guardian being shown only as matter of identity and description. It is not alleged that the acceptance of this note was induced by fraud or mistake. The action should, therefore, have been treated as against A. H. Bohannan and his sureties on his bond, as guardian, for the individual debt of A. H. Bohannan. The demurrer of the sureties to the petition should, therefore, have been sustained, independently of the question whether, in any case, an action can be maintained directly on the bond of a guardian for an ordinary liability incurred by the guardian, as such for and on behalf of the wards.
It results that the action of the court in overruling the demurrer to the petition, and also in instructing the jury, and passing an instruction inconsistently with the views we have stated, is deemed erroneous.
Wherefore the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings, not inconsistent with this opinion.