Terry v. Sicade

Citations

• 37 Wash. 249
• 79 P. 789
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 713

Syllabus

<p>Guardian and Ward — Final Account — Compromise op Litigation by Order op Court — Contract by Indian — Validity. Where a suit has been commenced against an Indian and his guardian for a conveyance of lands, pursuant to a contract made by the Indian before the removal of restrictions upon the power of alienation, upon which contract $1,600 had been paid to the Indian from time to time, the court may authorize the guardian to compromise the suit by the payment of $2,000, regardless of the validity of the contract, where it appears that the land has become valuable, and the court finds it to be for the best interests of the estate to end the litigation; and after the guardian has made such payment under the order of court, the invalidity of the contract cannot be urged against the allowance of a credit for such payment in the guardian’s final account, exceptions to which are properly overruled.</p>