Mitchell v. Mitchell
New York Surrogate's Court
Appeal by the plaintiff, Leon. Mitchell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 19 th day of March, 1915, dismissing the complaint on the merits upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Hew York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.—
On or about the 7th day of April, 1898, when the plaintiff was a minor of the age of about fifteen years, letters of guardianship were duly issued by the Probate Court *52of the county of Suffolk, Mass., appointing the defendant, who is his father, his-guardian, with authority to receive and take possession of all his property, and on the next day the defendant as such guardian received from the executors of the will of one Foss- the sum of $500, bequeathed to the plaintiff.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendant brought the money so received by him as guardian for the plaintiff…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Matter of Petition of CampNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Jackson v. StackhouseNew York Supreme Court · 1823
- In re the Estate of AshheimAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Todd v. MitchellIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. DashiellSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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