Duffy v. Williams.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by Eodolph. Duffy, Solicitor, on behalf of Annie E. Williams against W. Ii. Williams, heard by Judge H. R. Bryan, at December Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of DunniN County. From a judgment for the defendant the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The referee found as a fact that the guardian, for the maintenance of his wards, had expended, without an order of Court, a greater amount than the income of their estate, but that the expenditures were reasonable and necessary, and that as a matter of law he should be allowed in his settlement with the wards such amount as he had paid out of the capital of the estate. The affirming of these findings by his Honor and the defendant’s exception thereto constitute the most serious question raised by the appeal.
The defendant, W. H. Williams, Jr., in 1888, was appointed and qualified as guardian…
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