May v. Skinner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three appeals by Frederick W. G. May, guardian and executor of the will of Frederick May, an insane person, from decrees of the Probate Court disallowing certain items of his accounts. The appellees, Sarah E. Skinner and Kate L. White, were legatees under the will. The cases were separately referred to the same master, whose several reports, so far as material, were as follows.
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Three appeals by Frederick W. G. May, guardian and executor of the will of Frederick May, an insane person, from decrees of the Probate Court disallowing certain items of his accounts. The appellees, Sarah E. Skinner and Kate L. White, were legatees under the will. The cases were separately referred to the same master, whose several reports, so far as material, were as follows. The items disallowed were $8,381.36, the excess above a limited amount allowed by the Probate Court for the building of a stable for the ward; $500 for services of the guardian in superintending the building of such…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
These are appeals from decrees of the Probate Court upon accounts of the appellant as guardian and executor of an insane person. The guardian was authorized by the Probate Court, and by this court on appeal, to build a stable for his ward at an expense not exceeding ten thousand dollars. May v. May, 109 Mass. 252. The stable was built, and cost $18,381.36. The main question is, whether the guardian should be allowed $8,381.36, the excess over the limit set in the decree.
*380The master reports, that, when the work of building was begun, it was found convenient to. make some changes in the proposed…
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