118 Ky. 301 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1904
Opinion of the court by
Reversing.
By the will of Bridget Kelley, a widow, a small estate was devised in trust for the benefit of her only child, Anna Staggenborg, during ber life, with remainder over to her three infant granddaughters, children of Anna Staggenborg. The will was probated by order of the Campbell county court. Anna Staggenborg prosecuted an appeal therefrom to the Campbell circuit court. Upon her motion, S. Ü. Bailey, an attorney, was appointed guardian ad litem for the infant
The duties of a guardian ad Ut&m do not terminate with the rendition of a judgment in the trial court, but he may, when he thinks it to be to the interest of the infant defendants, take an appeal therefrom, and his duties continue until the final determination of the cause, unless removed by the court, or terminated by the arrival of the infant at the age of majority. See 15 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 15; Reed, etc., v. Louisville Bridge Co,. 71 Ky. 69; Hussey v. Sargent, etc., 116 Ky., 53, 75 S. W., 211, 25 Ky. Law Rep., 315. And there was no final determination of the litigation until the mandate of affirmance from this court was filed in the circuit court. In many States of the Union the allowance to a guar