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GUARDIANSHIP OF ESTATE OF COOKINGHAM

Docket No. L.A. 23447.

45 Cal.2d 367 (1955)

289 P.2d 16

Guardianship of the Person and Estate of DE WITT CLINTON COOKINGHAM, an Incompetent Person. ELLA MARIE ORMSBY, as Guardian etc., Appellant, v. DE WITT CLINTON COOKINGHAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 28, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailie, Turner, Lake & Sprague and Richard W. Sprague for Appellant.

Carl O. Kowol for Respondent.

EDMONDS, J.

In her seventh and final account, Ella Marie Ormsby, the guardian of the person and estate of De Witt Clinton Cookingham, took credit for the fees of an attorney and a psychiatrist. Her appeal is from the order disallowing the amounts claimed.

Cookingham was committed to Patton State Hospital in 1942, and Mrs. Ormsby, his daughter, was appointed guardian of his person and estate. He remained in Patton until October, 1953, when he received temporary...

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