Speed v. Fry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge; If a guardian in good faith secures the services of an attorney, the court will allow him such sums as he has paid to such attorney. 30 Ark. 520; Id. 5x2. If a minor, after coming of age, gives her guardian a receipt showing that he has paid her all that he was due her, it will, in the absence of fraud, be binding upon the minor. 83 Ark. 226. A guardian must have an order of court before he spends his ward’s…
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Appeal from Independence Circuit Court; Charles Coffin, Judge; If a guardian in good faith secures the services of an attorney, the court will allow him such sums as he has paid to such attorney. 30 Ark. 520; Id. 5x2. If a minor, after coming of age, gives her guardian a receipt showing that he has paid her all that he was due her, it will, in the absence of fraud, be binding upon the minor. 83 Ark. 226. A guardian must have an order of court before he spends his ward’s money. Kirby’s Dig., § 3792; 63 Ark. 450. The law casts upon the guardian the burden of proving every item of his account…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
In the year 1901 J. C. Speed was appointed the guardian of his minor child, Effie Speed, who had inherited an estate of the value of $150 from a deceased relative. No further steps were taken in the guardianship until 1908, .when J. C. Speed filed his final settlement. Effie Speed, who had become of full age, filed exceptions to the settlement.
At its May term, 1909, the probate court, after hearing the evidence adduced by both parties, found that the guardian was indebted to his ward in the sum of $95.25, and rendered judgment accordingly. On the 18th day of June, 1909, J. C. Speed filed an…
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