Lyons v. McElroy

Citations

• 104 Wash. 481
• 177 P. 312
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1205

Syllabus

<p>Guardian and Ward — Termination of Relation- — Effect of Majority. An order, entered -without notice, authorizing a guardian to compromise a suit instituted by the ward after he became of age, is void, under Rem. Code, §§ 1631 and 1636, providing that the trust expires when the ward becomes twenty-one and making it the guardian’s duty to then account for all the estate remaining in his hands.</p> <p>Work and Labor (18) — Trial — Instruction — Implied Agreement. In an action by a nephew to recover for services while a member of his uncle’s family, it is proper to instruct that an agreement to pay for the services need not be in any form of writing or oral statement but may be implied from the conduct of the parties and that it is for the jury to determine whether the evidence shows an understanding that plaintiff would be paid.</p>