May v. May
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The first of these cases was an appeal by Josephine May Ernestine May, James B. Bradlee and his wife Mary P. Bradlee George P. May, and Edwin May, next of Mn of Frederick May, an insane person, from a decree of the judge of probate, rendered March 22, 1870, authorizing Frederick W. G. May, his guardian, to build a stable on the estate of the ward at an expense not exceeding $10,000, and to sell personal estate of the ward sufficient to defray the expense.
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The first of these cases was an appeal by Josephine May Ernestine May, James B. Bradlee and his wife Mary P. Bradlee George P. May, and Edwin May, next of Mn of Frederick May, an insane person, from a decree of the judge of probate, rendered March 22, 1870, authorizing Frederick W. G. May, his guardian, to build a stable on the estate of the ward at an expense not exceeding $10,000, and to sell personal estate of the ward sufficient to defray the expense. The reasons of the appeal were, that the expenditure was extravagant, and was not needed for the comfort of the ward. The second case was…
1Opinion of the CourtAmes, J.
The ward in this case is an unmarried man, about sixty-five years of age, and the owner of a large amount of property, yielding an income of at least $12,000 annually. Nobody can be said to be dependent upon him, or to have an interest in the final disposition of his estate, in any such sense as to need any special or peculiar protection from the law. His immediate relatives are all of them persons of large property, and he does not appear to be connected with any of them by any close ties of intimacy or friendship. He is put under guardianship, partly for the constant direction and care of…
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