Lathrop v. Bampton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Sixth Judicial District, Sacramento County. In the year 1852 Humphrey Griffith was appointed guardian of the person and estate of Augusta Hunter Dean, by the Probate Court of Yolo County. On the twelfth day of June, 1863, plaintiffs were appointed such guardians by the same Court. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sanderson, J.:
The facts of this case, so far as a statement of them is necessary to our present purpose, are substantially as follows:
Humphrey Griffith, now deceased, in February, 1859, then being the guardian of Augusta Hunter Dean, now the ward *20of the present plaintiffs, came into the possession of the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, in gold coin of the United States, derived from a lawful sale of certain real estate in which he had previously, upon the consent of the Probate Court, invested the estate of his ward. He never aftefward invested said sum or auy part…
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