Roberts v. Schultz

Citations

• 45 Tex. 184

Syllabus

<p>3. Confederate money — Guardian and ward. — A guardian, by-order of the Probate Court, sold land of his ward on a credit. In part payment of the debt ho received Confederate money, in 1864, and invested a part of it in the purchase of negroes for said ward. The action of the guardian was reported to and approved by the Probate Court. In a suit after the discharge of said guardian for the amount of Confederate money received: Held, That the order of the Probate Court approving the acts of the guardian in receiving Confederate money and investing it in slaves was not a nullity, nor did such approval exceed the jurisdiction of the Probate Court.</p> <p>2. Discharge of GUARDIAN. — An order discharging a guardian made after the majority of the ward and upon an approval of his settlement account indorsed thereon by the ward, without citation or other notice, is valid; all parties interested being before the court, citation is not necessary.</p> <p>3. See facts evidencing a settlement binding as to the ward.</p>