Bean v. Bumpus
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate. Ebenezer Smith died April 1, 1828. On Sept. 22, 1831, Deborah Smith, his widow, was appointed guardian to Polly Smith, a minor daughter of said Ebenezer and Deborah, and at the Oct.
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Appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate. Ebenezer Smith died April 1, 1828. On Sept. 22, 1831, Deborah Smith, his widow, was appointed guardian to Polly Smith, a minor daughter of said Ebenezer and Deborah, and at the Oct. Term of the S. J. Court, 1832, petitioned for license to sell the real estate of the minor to bo put at interest for her benefit, stating in her petition, that she was the widow of Ebenezer Smith, and “ guardian to Polly Smith, a minor aged ten years, and the only child and heir at law to the said Ebenezer Smith who died intestate,” and that at the time of his death he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Tenney J.
— The appellant married the widow of Ebenezer Smith, deceased, and was the guardian of Polly Smith, his daughter., at the time of her intermarriage with the appellee, who on her death took administration of her estate. He now claims to receive from the appellant the goods and effects of *553his late wife, after deducting the guardian’s account, which has: been allowed. This claim is resisted upon the grounds set forth particularly in the reasons assigned for the appeal from1 the decree of the Judge of Probate, which was, that he pay over the amount…
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