Morris v. Garrison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Gf-reene county. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Lucretia Morris against Abner Garrison, guardian of Lucretia Morris. Levi Morris, the husband of the plaintiff, and the father of the ward, died on the 20th January, 1842. His daughter Lucretia was theu eight or nine years of age.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Gf-reene county. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Lucretia Morris against Abner Garrison, guardian of Lucretia Morris. Levi Morris, the husband of the plaintiff, and the father of the ward, died on the 20th January, 1842. His daughter Lucretia was theu eight or nine years of age. The defendant was appointed her guardian on the 18th June, 1849. The ward continued to reside with her mother, by whom she was boarded, clothed, and the expenses of her education paid, until the daughter was married in 1853 to Columbus Hardin. The plaintiff proved upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Black, J.
Lucretia Morris was the minor daughter of Abner Morris, deceased. She had Abner Garrison for her guardian, and took Columbus Hardin for her husband. After her marriage the guardian admitted, in the'presence of a witness, that he had made a contract with his w-ard’s mother to pay for the maintenance and education she had received. Thereupon the mother brought this suit against the guardian. The cause was arbitrated, and an award made against the defendant for $902, from which the defendant refused to appeal. But the husband entered an appeal,…
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