Veterans Administration of U. S. v. Steadman

Dilworth D. Steadman is an incompetent World War veteran. His mother, Mrs. W. D. Steadman, was appointed as his guardian by the county court of Lincoln county, S. D., in 1923, and duly qualified and entered upon the duties of the office. Mrs. Steadman died in July, 1933, and thereafter a final report and accounting of her guardianship was filed in her behalf ■by her personal representative in the county -court o-f Lincoln county and allowance and approval thereof was sought. One of the items for which the final account asked approval and credit was the investment o-f $2,800 of the ward’s…