McCoy, Guardian v. Hydrick

(dissenting) : I do not concur in the opinion of Mr. Justice Blease, and will respectfully state the grounds of my dissent.

The bald facts stand out in this case, that the.plaintiff, a widow, as guardian of her three small children, who had inherited quite a sum of money from their father, committed to the defendant as an attorney, for investment, certain funds of the guardianship estate, and that the net result of the transactions negotiated for her by Mr. Hydrick is a loss of nearly $14,000, possibly reducible by the disposition of certain mortgaged real estate which she was forced to take…