Cox v. Rice

August 31, 1929, the county court of Hancock county appointed Ellis E. Cox conservator of the estate of Mary E. Babcook, a distracted person. He filed his bond, received his letters and took over her property. Later, he invested $2057.44 in one of several notes secured by a first mortgage, and $2851.05 in a time-deposit certificate in a bank. These acts were never approved by the county court. Mary Babcook died testate, February 9, 1935. On June 6, of that year, Cox filed his final report in the county. court in which he claimed credit for both items, commissions as conservator and for…