Bliss v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Touching the disbursements by a guardian for the support and maintenance and education of his ward in excess of the income from the estate, the test of whether there will be an allowance of credit therefor in the settlement of his accounts, is well established under the statute in Virginia (Sec. 2604 of the Code) (Now, Code 1950, § 31-10), as expounded by the decision of court. That test is not, as claimed by appellant, merely that the guardian has acted in good faith, but that the disbursements are such as the court would have authorized had application been previously made to it. If they are such disbursements, they will be allowed, although made by the guardian without previous authority, but not otherwise. And the court in acting on the subject will be guided by its determination of whether the expenditures in excess of the annual income were actually made and by its further determination of whether they were judicious and proper from the standpoint of the interest of the ward. Barton v. Bowen, 68 Va. (27 Gratt.) 849 , 855 (1876); 1 Minor’s Inst. (2d ed.) 473-4. (Italics added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Va. Cir. 504 - Gurganus v. Jones

2. ““The rule invoked is well established, and is a sound and just rule in eases to which it is applicable. It does not permit of commissions being allowed to fiduciaries on unconverted assets which are distributed in kind or”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Virginia Trust Co.