Pierce v. Irish
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Debt on a guardianship bond, given by Irish, in 1833, as guardian to Harriet M. Mason, a minor. The defendants pleaded performance.
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Debt on a guardianship bond, given by Irish, in 1833, as guardian to Harriet M. Mason, a minor. The defendants pleaded performance. The ward became twenty-one years of age, on the 7th of June, 1838. The first and only guardianship account was made up as of said 7th June, 1838. It contained charges against her for cash disbursed, articles fori nished, and services rendered, all of which left a balance due to the ward, of $1304,67 ; and it also contained a charge for a note of that date, and of the amount of that balance, given to her by said Irish. Upon that day, the ward indorsed upon the…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, J.
Every guardian is required to render and settle his account with the Judge of Probate, once in three years, and as much oftener as the Judge shall cite him for that purpose. And on the neglect to do so, the condition of the bond, which he is obliged to give to the Judge, is deemed to be broken, and he exposed to removal from his trust. Stat. of 1830, c. 470, § 10; R. S. c. 110, § 27 and 28. The bond to be given, is conditioned among other things, that he render a just and true account of his guardianship as often as and when by law required, and at the expiration of his trust, to pay and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Robbins v. HaywardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
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