Empire Mortgage Co. v. McFarland

LATTIMORE, Justice.

This is an appeal in a suit to set aside a mortgage given by a guardian on lands of the ward.

In 1928, Haggard, guardian, 'applied to the probate court in Wichita county for permission to borrow, on security of real estate belonging to his wards, $5,175, alleging that there existed an indebtedness by the estate .totaling $1,900, and that the probable costs of maintaining the wards for the next year ensuing would be' $3,300 in excess of the estimated ■ income of $1,600 from the estate, and that it was not an opportune time to sell any part of the estate. The court approved…