Sweet v. Lowry
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county. Defendants’ demurrer to the complaint was sustained, Hale, J. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
In 1874 Thomas Lowry was appointed guardian of plaintiff and his brothers. Plaintiff became of age in 1892. The account of the guardian was never settled in probate court. Mr. Lowry died in 1909. His estate was probated and a final decree entered prior to February, 1912. This action was brought in June, 1914, against the defendants as devisees of Mr. Lowry to compel them to account for the value of real estate of the ward which it is alleged the guardian wrongfully permitted to be lost on mortgage foreclosure. The foreclosure occurred in 1877, now nearly forty years ago. A former action was…
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