Legal Opinion

In re Van Horne

New York Court of Chancery

Decided October 19, 1837PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Upon an application to discharge the guardian and to have his bond delivered up and cancelled, his ward having arrived of age and settled with the guardian,

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor

said it was not the practice of the court to discharge the guardian absolutely, and to order his bond to be given up, immediately upon the infant’s arriving of age, although he had settled with the guardian. That the ward notwithstanding such settlement was entitled to a reasonable time after he became of age to investigate the accounts of the guardián, and to surcharge and falsify the same if upon such investigation he found any thing wrong. That by the practice of the court of chancery he wás usually allowed one year for that purpose, after he became of age, before the…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Garvin's Adm'r v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  2. Guardianship of Minor Heirs of Holscher v. GehrigSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  3. Rait v. RaitNew York Surrogate's Court · 1850
  4. Douglass v. LowNew York Supreme Court · 1885

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