Case ID: ohio-law-abs_1/html/0084-01.html
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Author: {"author": "WANAMAKER, J.:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 17390
    Wilbur E. Simpson and Linnie G. Simpson v. Wesley A. Holmes, Admr., et al.
    Error to the court of appeals of Harrison county.
    GUARDIANSHIP — (1) Death of ward terminates— (2) Unpaid debts, representative of to redress.
   WANAMAKER, J.:

1. Death of the ward terminates all duties and powers upon the part of the guardian. (Sommers v. Boyd, Treas., 48 Ohio St., 648, approved and followed.)

2. Unpaid debts of the ward or guardian must be redressed through the personal representative of the ward’s estate.

Judgment reversed.

Marshall, C. J., Hough, Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Clark, JJ., concur.