Wier v. Myers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an action of assumpsit, by John Myers against Hugh W. Wier, committee of the person and estate of James Wier, a lunatic, to recover the sum of $68.73, for professional services rendered by the plaintiff, as an attorney, in conducting the proceedings in lunacy.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an action of assumpsit, by John Myers against Hugh W. Wier, committee of the person and estate of James Wier, a lunatic, to recover the sum of $68.73, for professional services rendered by the plaintiff, as an attorney, in conducting the proceedings in lunacy. The parties agreed upon a ease stated, in the nature of a special verdict, with the right to sue out a writ of error, wherein the following facts were stated for the opinion of the court:— Some time prior to the 26th June 1851, Nancy M. Wier, a relative by marriage of James Wier,…
1Per curiam
We agree entirely with the views expressed by the learned judge of the Common Pleas in his opinion on this case, except in relation to the form of the remedy. We think that the officer of the court, the committee of the lunatic, ought not to be subject to action for any of the expenses of the process by which the lunatic and his estate is put into the custody of the law. All those expenses ought to be carefully supervised by the court, and, considering the helpless condition of the lunatic, none ought to be allowed, except such as are manifestly just and moderate. If the committee is liable…
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