In re the Estate of Connolly

Fowler, S.

The general guardian of the child paid the burial expenses of the child’s mother, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, to save her1 from a pauper’s grave. Objection is made to the payment by the child’s special guardian. My first impression was that the objection must he sustained, but on reflection I was not so clear, and I have re-examined the point for myself, not having been helped by reference to any authority or principle on the argument. It seemed to me that it would be a scandal in the law if a child with an estate was not morally obligated under the circumstances. I find…