Bliss v. Spencer
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Prince Edward county. Decree for complainant. Defendant- appeals. The appellee, a ward of the appellant, was plaintiff in the court below and instituted this suit to compel an accounting by the guardian for all income he may have received from the estate of his ward which came, or should have come, into his hands as guardian from the personal estate of the grandfather and of the grandmother of the ward.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Prince Edward county. Decree for complainant. Defendant- appeals. The appellee, a ward of the appellant, was plaintiff in the court below and instituted this suit to compel an accounting by the guardian for all income he may have received from the estate of his ward which came, or should have come, into his hands as guardian from the personal estate of the grandfather and of the grandmother of the ward. The grandfather, S. H. Bliss, died on May-23, 1910, leaving surviving him his widow, Mrs. P. B. Bliss, the grandmother aforesaid; his son, B. M.…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court.
*50There are five assignments of error by appellant. They will be considered in their order as stated below.
[1] 1. That the 5% commissions which were allowed appellant in his ex parte settlement as administrator of S. H. Bliss, deceased, was disallowed by the decree under review — that “when the court came to enter said decree complained of it took as a basis the whole amount of money and other personal property coming into petitioner’s hands as administrator and allowed no credit for said commissions.”
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Allen's v. Virginia Trust Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Darling's v. CummingSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
- Gregory v. ParkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
- Snavely v. HarkraderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
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- Trotman v. TrotmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
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