Legal Opinion

Stout v. Wood

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 28, 1895PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Settlement of a Guardian’s Account.—Error to the Circuit Court of La Salle County; the Hon. Dorrance Dibell, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1894.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Laoey

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a settlement of a guardian’s account in the County Court, of defendant in error, the ward of plaintiff in error. The plaintiff in error was appointed as such guardian in 1861,and never afterward made any attempt to settle until he was cited in June, 1893. He then filed a report in which he claimed that he had spent the money on his ward for her support and education, and had none on hand. The County Court found against him for the sum of $238.95. Both parties appealed from the County Court to the Circuit Court. Upon trial…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bond v. LockwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1864
  2. Jacobia v. TerryMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Cheney v. RoodhouseAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  4. Rawson v. CorbettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Gabolis v. BrodaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1919

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