Jacobia v. Terry

In • 1872, Mrs. Terry was appointed guardian of her niece, Ida Jacobia. Shortly after her appointment she received $1,200, the property of her ward. Mrs. Terry took her niece into her family, and supported and cared for her until she was married, in 1880. She treated her as one of her own children, and no question is raised but that she properly’performed her duty towards her ward. She filed no guardian’s account until some time after her ward’s marriage, but this delay she seems' to have satisfactorily explained. Upon the hearing of her account in the probate court, *276judgment was entered in…