Starrett v. Jameson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Appeal, from a decree of the judge of probate, allowing the account of the defendant against his ward. The defendant was appointed guardian of Daniel O. Dag-gett , in 1837; and the inventory, consisting of notes on interest, was duly filed in the probate court, and sworn to by the defendant, November 8, 1837. At a probate court held May 10, 1842, the defendant settled his first account, and charged himself with the amount of the personal estate as per inventory, at $353,65,…
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Appeal, from a decree of the judge of probate, allowing the account of the defendant against his ward. The defendant was appointed guardian of Daniel O. Dag-gett , in 1837; and the inventory, consisting of notes on interest, was duly filed in the probate court, and sworn to by the defendant, November 8, 1837. At a probate court held May 10, 1842, the defendant settled his first account, and charged himself with the amount of the personal estate as per inventory, at $353,65, being the exact value on November 8, 1837. The plaintiff being afterwards appointed guardian of the said Daniel O.…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the judge of probate, taken, as the documents in the case show, by Calvin Starrett, as guardian of Daniel O. Daggett, a minor under the age of twenty-one years, against the former guardian of the same ward.
An appeal from any order, sentence, decree or denial of a judge of probate may be taken by any person aggrieved thereby. R. S. chap. 105, sect. 25. The ward was aggrieved by tho decree in this case, if it was more unfavorable to him, than the law would justify. The ward being a minor at the time of the decree is presumed incapable of taking the appeal; if…
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