Whitney v. Whitman

4 Mass. 508
CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
DecidedSeptember 15, 1808
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Whitney v. Whitman, 4 Mass. 508 (Mass. 1808).

Opinion

The Court

observed that, by the death of the ward, the authority of the guardian to defend was extinguished; that the action was not against the guardian, but against the ward; and that, on his death, it might, as in other cases of personal actions, where the cause of action survived, be defended by the executor or administrator. The motion was granted.

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