Ensign v. Faxon
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal, by the former guardian of Josephine Faxon from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex allowing a motion of the ward that a ninth guardian’s account be dismissed.
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Appeal, by the former guardian of Josephine Faxon from a decree of the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex allowing a motion of the ward that a ninth guardian’s account be dismissed. The first to the eighth accounts of the guardian previously were before this court upon appeals and decisions were rendered which are reported in 224 Mass. 145 and 226 Mass. 218. The eighth account was entitled “Guardian’s Eighth and Final Account” and purported to cover a period ending with August 4, 1914. After the rescript issued in accordance with the decision in 226 Mass. 218, a decree entitled a…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree disallowing the ninth account of the petitioner as guardian of the respondent. The reason for this decree was stated in it to be that since the guardian has "rendered a final account passed upon by the court, there is no warrant in law, as the case now stands, for a further accounting.” The account so passed upon by the court was entititled “ Guardian’s Eighth and Final Account.” Questions respecting it came to this court in 224 Mass. 145, and in 226 Mass. 218.
The decree was final as to all matters within its sweep. The account to which it related, according to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hanscom v. Malden & Melrose Gas Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Day v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Bauer v. International Waste Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Ensign v. FaxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Chapman v. ChapmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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- Untersee v. UnterseeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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