Meeker v. Mettler

Citations

• 50 Wash. 473
• 97 P. 507
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 766

Syllabus

<p>Guardian and Ward — Pinal Discharge — Jurisdiction—Appearance of Ward. Personal appearance of a ward who has attained his majority, upon the hearing of the final account of a guardian of a .minor, is sufficient, without the appointment of a guardian ad litem, to give the court jurisdiction to order a discharge of the guardian, where the court had jurisdiction of the guardianship.</p> <p>Same — Judgment Declaring Majority — Effect—Conclusiveness —Parties Bound. The finding of a court having jurisdiction of the guardianship of a minor, that the ward has attained his majority is binding upon the ward and privies in estate until vacated or set aside for fraud or error; and is consequently a bar to an action by his heirs to set aside his subsequent conveyances on the ground that he was a minor (Rudkin, J., dissenting).</p>