Magoon v. Fitch

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HATCH, J.

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the First Circuit to reverse a decision of Robinson, J., sitting in probate, rendered in the matter of the Estate of Kalua Kapukini, allowing Mr. Thomas Fitch counsel fees to the amount of $500, for professional services in proceedings brought to obtain a termination of the guardianship under which Kalua Kapukini was restrained as a spendthrift.

A judgment was obtained by Mr. Fitch in the court below on October 7, 1901, Little, J., presiding, discharging the ward from guardianship. This judgment was reversed, on…