Bumpus v. French
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court allowing the account of Everett C. Bumpus, Esquire, temporary guardian, of Julia B. French.
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Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court allowing the account of Everett C. Bumpus, Esquire, temporary guardian, of Julia B. French. The petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian was filed in the Probate Court October 13, 1900, at the same time that a petition for the appointment of a permanent guardian was filed, both petitions alleging that Julia B. French was an insane person and incapable of taking care of herself, and on the same day the temporary guardian was appointed. On October 18, 1900, Julia B. French appeared by counsel and filed a petition for the removal of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an appeal from the allowance of the account of a temporary guardian appointed by the Probate Court without notice to the ward, the appellant, pending a petition for the appointment of a permanent guardian on the ground of insanity. This petition was dismissed after a hearing, and at the same time the appellant was discharged from the temporary guardianship. The objection to the allowance of the account is taken on the single ground that the statute under which the *133guardian was appointed, St. 1900, c. 345, is contrary to article 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, and to the…
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