Pearson v. Haydel
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein Judge. (1) By section 34, article 6, of the Constitution of this State, probate courts are courts of record, and have jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to probate business; to granting letters testamentary and of administration; the appointment of guardians and curators of minors and persons of unsound mind; settling the accounts of executors, administrators, curators and guardians.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jacob Klein Judge. (1) By section 34, article 6, of the Constitution of this State, probate courts are courts of record, and have jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to probate business; to granting letters testamentary and of administration; the appointment of guardians and curators of minors and persons of unsound mind; settling the accounts of executors, administrators, curators and guardians. As was said In re Estate of Elliott, 98 Mo. 384, the probate courts of this State, as to those matters over which they have jurisdiction, are…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
Francis L. Haydel was the guardian of Theresa Pearson, a person of unsound mind. He died March 6, 1898, and the Mississippi Valley Trust Company succeeded him as guardian, the twenty-eighth day of April. Henry L. Haydel, the appellant, is the administrator of said Francis L. Haydel, deceased. In 1899, said administrator filed a final settlement of the account of said Francis L. Haydel with Mrs. Pearson, his ward, to the time of his death. This controversy grew out of an exception taken by the Mississippi Valley Trust Company to one item in the account of the previous guardian. Exceptions were…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Lee v. LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Winkler v. LietmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Gentry v. GentrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Pearce v. CalhounSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- Snell v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
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