Legal Opinion

In Re Svitojus' Estate

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1943No. Docket No. 65, Calendar No. 42,528PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtWiest, J.

This case threshes over old straw except as to attorney expenses awarded the administrator,

Joseph Svitojus, a resident of Kent county, was adjudged insane and committed to the Kalamazoo State Hospital on January 16, 1925. February 17, 1925, Joseph Kurant was appointed guardian of his estate of between $13,000 and $14,000 and gave bond as such. The guardian purchased from the surety on his bond certain land contracts subject to mortgages on the premises. August, 1930, Mr. Svitojus died in the hospital leaving, as his heirs at law, relatives in Lithuania. The guardian filed his final account…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Smolenski v. Kent Probate JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Svitojus v. KurantMichigan Supreme Court · 1940
  3. In Re Svitojus' EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Kurant v. Kent Probate JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1943

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cynthia Barton-Spencer v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company of MiMichigan Supreme Court · 2017

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