Guardianship of Buck v. Thornley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. — IIon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. Dallas County presented a claim for the expense of keeping Willis Buck, insane, against his guardian, -Thornley. The claim was denied by the guardian, and. on the issues joined the case was'tried to the court resulting in the establishment of the claim. ' The guardian appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
— Willis Buck, who is incurably insane, has been kept by Dallas County upon its poor farm for several years. S. M. Thomley is the guardian of Buck and has in'his possession as such $440. In December of the year 1906, the county filed a petition'in the guardianship proceedings, alleging that it had kept Buck for more than five years, and that the reasonable cost and expense of his maintenance was the sum of $100 ' per year. It asked that its claim be allowed, and that an order be made on the guardian to pay over to the county the amount in his hands. The guardian filed an answer, in which he…
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