Ohio Supreme Court, 1922

Simpson v. Holmes

Simpson v. Holmes
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 29, 1922 · Clark, Hough, Jones, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson, Wanamaker
1 Ohio Law. Abs. 84

Simpson v. Holmes

Opinion of the Court

WANAMAKER, J.:

1. Death of the ward terminates all duties and powers upon the part of the guardian. (Sommers v. Boyd, Treas., 48 Ohio St., 648, approved and followed.)

2. Unpaid debts of the ward or guardian must be redressed through the personal representative of the ward’s estate.

Judgment reversed.

Marshall, C. J., Hough, Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Clark, JJ., concur.

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