Mitchell v. Columbia Casualty Co.

The defendant Columbia Casualty Company appeals from that part of a judgment of $1,000 in excess of $600, for which it offered to allow judgment to be taken against it.

The facts are that Harold Mitchell was appointed guardian of the person and estate of his son Merle Mitchell, and acted as such from his qualification on January 14, 1931, until suspended by court order on February 2, 1938. On July 29, 1938, a final order and decree was entered removing him as guardian, sustaining objections to the fifth annual account, finding that he was indebted to his ward’s estate in the amount of…