Whitney v. Whitman

4 Mass. 508
Procedural entryThis page is a short order in Whitney v. Whitman. Read the opinion of the Court — 5 Mass. 405
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court·Decided September 15, 1808·Published

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

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