WHITTIER v. MURRELL

No. 39348.

362 P.2d 694 (1961)

Sumner G. WHITTIER, Adm'r of Veterans' Affairs, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mabel MURRELL, Guardian of Harrison J. Maddux, incompetent, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 31, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe S. Wallace, Joe W. Howard, Muskogee, for plaintiff in error.

Sanders & McElroy, Tulsa, for defendant in error.


HALLEY, Justice.

On April 24, 1942, defendant in error, Mabel Murrell, hereafter referred to as "appellee", was appointed guardian of Harrison J. Maddux, hereafter referred to as "veteran", an incompetent World War I veteran.

In 1960, appellee, as guardian, filed in the County Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, an accounting covering the period of April 5, 1959, to April 5, 1960. The accounting showed that veteran had an estate of $11,326.31, all of which was...

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