Taney's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1880, No. 118. This was an appeal from a decree of the said court discharging Ellen Taney as guardian of the person of William Rice, a minor, between three and four years of age, and discharging the Eidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company as guardian of his estate.
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Appeal from a decree of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1880, No. 118. This was an appeal from a decree of the said court discharging Ellen Taney as guardian of the person of William Rice, a minor, between three and four years of age, and discharging the Eidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company as guardian of his estate. The decree was entered upon the petition of one Mary Rogers, guardian of the said minor, appointed by the Probate Court at Jackson, Michigan, to which Ellen Taney filed an answer. The facts were as follows: William J. Rice and wife, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered January 24th 1881,
2Per curiam
We are of opinion with the learned court below, that both the guardian and ward were residents of the state of Michican, and within the meaning and purview of the Act of April 21st 1856, Pamph. L. 495. If the question regarded the law of succession to the ward’s property the rule might be different. A *78clear distinction exists, as was shown in the able argument of the young gentleman who argued this case for the appellee, between domicile and residence. Every reason of policy and convenience requires the application of the…
3Cited by4 opinions
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