Read v. . Turner’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Where, however, adequate provision has been made for the support and maintenance of a lunatic and the dependent members of his family, out of his estate in the hands of his guardian, and there remains any part of said estate which is available for the payment of his creditors, such part of said estate should be disbursed by the guardian, under an order or judgment of the Superior Court, pro rata, among the creditors, where there are no priorities by virtue of liens or mortgages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. . Reynolds