Conant v. Souther
Conant v. Souther
Opinion of the Court
It is claimed by appellant that a guardian is vested with a certain degree of discretion in determining the character of his ward’s nurture and the amounts to be paid therefor; and that the court should not interfere with the exercise of that discretion, even though it may be true that the same care and nurture might have been secured for a less expenditure, unless it also appear that the guardian abused his discretion, and recklessly expended his ward’s money. These propositions are probably true, but the difficulty in this pase is that the guardian exercised no discretion. He simply turned over the ward’s money to Thompson as fast as it came to his hands, and apparently would have done the same had it been twice as great a sum. He
By the Court.— Judgment affirmed.
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