130 Mass. 141 | Mass. | 1881
A guardian has not, as an administrator has, the legal title in the property of which he is the custodian. Harding v. Weld, 128 Mass. 587, 591. The guardianship had been terminated by the death of the ward, and the object of settling the account of the guardian was to ascertain what estate and effects of the ward remained in his hands and should be paid over or delivered to the administratrix of the ward. Gen. Sts. c. 109, § 16, cl. 4. The guardian had invested funds of the ward in a certain note and mortgage, and had tendered this note and mortgage to the administratrix, who had refused to receive them. In his account, he charged himself with a balance in money, invested as particularly stated in a schedule exhibited with the account; and that schedule, and consequently that balance, were made up by computing this note and mortgage at their full amount.
The decree of the Probate Court must therefore be modified according to the opinion of the justice of this court before whom the cause was heard.
Decree accordingly.