Legal Opinion

Williams v. Williams

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 16, 1919No. 6 Div. 803PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Hugh. A. Locke, Judge. Bill by Walter Williams, pro ami, against Charles Williams and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

MAYFIELD, J..The bill in this case is filed undey sections 3914 and 3916 of the Code of 1907, to correct errors of the probate court in the settlement of the accounts of appellee as guardian of appellant.

The alleged errors consist in allowing the guardian $12 per month out of the estate of the ward for his maintenance, from December, 1914, to December, 1916, amounting in all to $295.98.

The sole ground alleged to show the allowance to be error is that the guardian was the foster father of the ward, and therefore should have maintained him out of the guardian’s estate and not that of the ward.

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Waring v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
  2. Evans v. EvansSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Duckworth v. Duckworth's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
  4. Alston v. AlstonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
  5. Watts v. GayleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1852

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Butler v. OlshanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  2. Crowson v. CodySupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  3. Cogburn v. CallierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  4. Crossland v. First Nat. Bank of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Ex Parte JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1984

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