Nagle v. Robins
Wyoming Supreme Court
Exceptions to final report of William A. Robins as guardian of the estate of George II. Nagle, a minor. The district court decided adversely to the ward, and sustained the acts of the guardian. The ward prosecuted error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The constitution prohibits the Legislature from authorizing, by any kind of legislation, the investment of trust funds in the bonds or stock of private corporations.
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Exceptions to final report of William A. Robins as guardian of the estate of George II. Nagle, a minor. The district court decided adversely to the ward, and sustained the acts of the guardian. The ward prosecuted error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The constitution prohibits the Legislature from authorizing, by any kind of legislation, the investment of trust funds in the bonds or stock of private corporations. (Art. 3, Sec. 38, Sec. 27). Hence the court cannot derive any power to ratify such investments. It cannot exercise any power not specially conferred by statute, or necessary…
1Opinion of the Court
Pottee, Chief Justice.
On the first day of September, 1897, the ward then reaching his majority, William A. Eobins, guardian of the person and estate of George Henry Nagle, a minor, presented his final report. The guardianship thus terminating had continued from the date of the original appointment, December 9, 1891. Both parties were at all times residents of Laramie County, in this State, and the appointment was made by the district court of that county. A large amount of property came into the guardian’s hands, as the distributive share of the ward in the estate of his father, the late…
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