Legal Opinion

Garner v. Hendry

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 24, 1895PublishedCited by 12 opinions

.Appeal from Adair District Court. — Hon. A. W; Wilkinson, Judge. ..¡i Action iat law to recover of the defendant money which, he received- as guardian of Lewis B. Oox,--imbe*-cile, and for which it is alleged he has failed to account.

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.

Lewis B. Cox is, and has been for . inoré than twenty years, a person of unsound mind, ineapáble of transacting his own business. He received from the estate of his father about two hundred and fifty dollars, and as a contribution from three mn'cles enough more to make the total amount one thousand dollars. It was agreed by the uncles that this should be loaned at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, and that the interest should be used for the-benefit of Cox. It is said that the principal was to become the property of the uncles at the death of Cox. In 1873, Samuel Thompson, one of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bates v. DunhamSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  2. Slusher v. HammondSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Easton v. SomervilleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  2. Andrew v. Farmers Sav. Bk. of GoldfieldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  3. Andrew v. Sac County State BankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1928
  4. Kelly v. KellyMontana Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Robinson v. IrwinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927

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