UNITED STATES MORTGAGE CO. v. SPERRY

No. 22.

138 U.S. 313 (1891)

UNITED STATES MORTGAGE COMPANY v. SPERRY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Herrick, (with whom was Mr. Wirt Dexter on the brief,) for appellant.

Mr. Lyman Trumbull and Mr. John P. Wilson for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

1. In the court below one of the contentions of the appellee Kingsbury — who reached his majority before the final decree, and became a defendant — was, that the guardian had no authority to borrow moneys for the purpose of erecting buildings to be rented, or to mortgage the minor's property to secure the payment of moneys...

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