60 Iowa 434 | Iowa | 1883
On the 5th day of February, 1874, John Patterson, the appellee, was duly appointed guardian of the estate of Mary E., Jas. Wm., and Sarah T. J., minor heirs of Tobias Mattox, deceased, who was a private in the volunteer service of the United States.' The mother of said minors having intermarried with one Christopher Phillips, the said guardian procured an allowance of a pension to said minors jointly, at the rate of eight dollars per month, and to each separately at the rate of two dollars per month, from the 30 th day of July, 1869, until each should attain the age of sixteen years; the pension of Mary E., expiring on April 16, 1874; that of James W., January 19, 1876; and that of Sarah T. J., January 11, 1880. The pension of Sarah T. J., ceased by her death on February 5, 1878, when she was about fourteen years of age. On the 20th day of November, 1879, the guardian filed his report, showing that he had collected from the United States, pension for said minors, from July 30, 1869 to March 4, 1875, $918.65, of which there should be distributed to Mary E. Mattox, $263.98, to James W. Mattox, $327.32, and to Sarah T. J. Mattox, $326.32. In this report
II. The plaintiffs complain of the allowance of $47.00 for cash for the provisions of the family from June, 1874 to 1877. The mother of the defendant’s wards and their step
The judgment of the court will be so far modified as to disallow a charge of $10 to Mary E. Mattox. In all other respects the judgment is affirmed. The defendant will pay one-third the costs of this appeal, and the remaining costs will be taxed to James Wm. Mattox and Nancy Phillips.
Modified and Affirmed.