Van Rees v. Witzenburg
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marion District Court. — IIon. James D. Gamble, Judge. 1' Suit in equity to compel defendant, who was the guardian of plaintiff and of plaintiff’s assignor, Lencko Van Eees, to account. Lena Van Eees, another of the wards, had filed objections in probate to the guardian’s reports.
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Appeal from Marion District Court. — IIon. James D. Gamble, Judge. 1' Suit in equity to compel defendant, who was the guardian of plaintiff and of plaintiff’s assignor, Lencko Van Eees, to account. Lena Van Eees, another of the wards, had filed objections in probate to the guardian’s reports. The case made by these objections was com solidated with the accounting suit, and the whole tried to the court, resulting, in a judgment and decree for plaintiff in the sum of $194.50 and costs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemeb, J.
2 The issue tendered by the objections filed to the reports of the guardian is not presented on this appeal, and the case will be considered only in so far as it relates to the equitable issues presented by plaintiff’s pet-ition and the answer thereto. Defendant pleaded a settlement with plaintiff and his assignor, made after *32the wards arrived at age; that this settlement was made in the presence of plaintiff’s mother and step-father and was fair and equitable. He also pleaded that he invested a small aipount of their funds with the firm of E. R. Cassatt & Co., a reputable and solvent…
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