Moran v. Desmond

1. We are not persuaded by any of the reasons advanced by the former wards for disturbing the decree of the Probate Court in so far as it allowed the charges for services rendered by the guardian’s wife. The charges were not objectionable on the ground that some or all of them may have been paid from principal rather than income. Newhall, Settlement of Estates, § 389, at 552-553 (4th ed. 1958). See Dawes v. Howard, 4 Mass. 97, 99 (1808); Commonwealth v. Graham, 157 Mass. 73, 76 (1892); Hale v. Gravallese, 340 Mass. 722 (1960). The contention that their inclusion in the guardian’s amended…