De La Montagnie v. Union Insurance

Citations

• 42 Cal. 290

Syllabus

<p>Sale op Ward’s Property by Guardian, without Order op Court, ¡ Void.—Where shares in an insurance company belonged to an infant, i but were, issued to his guardian, under the name of “ Augusta B. Josephi, J Guardian,” and she afterwards, in the same name but without any order of the Probate Court, sold and assigned them: held, that such sale was void, and that the purchaser could not require the company to recognize him as having any title to such stock.</p> <p>Purchase op Ward’s Property prom Guardian—Caveat Emptor.—</p> <p>Every alienation of the property of a ward by a guardian, if made without an order of Court, is void; and it is of no import whether the purchaser has knowledge that it belongs to the ward or not.</p>