In Re the Accounting of Lyon

Emma E. Merritt, at the age of seventy-two, was declared incompetent and John Lyon and George A. Slater were appointed committee of her person and property on June 3; 1914. They duly qualified as such and continued to act ’ jointly as such committee until July 12, 1920, when John Lyon died and John M. Lyon, his son, was appointed in his place. The incompetent died on February 25, 1936. Decrees were entered at various times down to January 17, 1935, judicially settling the accounts of the committee, at which times allowances were made to the committee of commissions for handling her personal…