Case Name: Mudgett, Guard., v. Melvin, Ap't
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1890-12
Citations: 66 N.H. 402
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mudgett, Guard., v. Melvin, Ap't.
Judges: Blodgett, J., did not sit: the others concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 66
Pages: 402–403

Head Matter:
Mudgett, Guard., v. Melvin, Ap't.
When a guardian, in the settlement of his account in the probate court* charges himself with a balance of $38, and the balance for which he is charged by that court is $275, and on his appeal the balance for which he is finally charged is $216.66, judgment may be rendered without costs to either party.
Probate Appeal. In the settlement of the defendant’s account as guardian, in the probate court, he charged himself for a balance of $38. The probate court charged him for. a balance of $275, and he appealed. In this court he was charged for a balance of $216.66. No costs were allowed either party, and the appellant excepted.
J. P. Bartlett, for the plaintiff.
T. O. Knowlton, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Allen, J.
The exception cannot be sustained. Griswold v. Chandler, 6 N. H. 61; Wendell v. French, 19 N. H. 205, 214; Mathes v. Bennett, 21 N. H. 188, 203; Kingman v. Kingman, 31 N. H. 182, 192; Clarke v. Clay, 31 N. H. 393, 404; Whitcher v. Benton, 50 N. H. 25; Olcott v. Thompson, 59 N. H. 154, 157; Nutter v. Varney, 64 N. H. 334. The question of justice presented by the appellant's motion for costs, was a question of fact determinable at the trial term. The decision of that question required a consideration of evidence that is not stated in the case. It does not appear that wrong would have been done if the appellee had recovered a portion or the whole of his costs.
.Exception overruled.
Blodgett, J., did not sit: the others concurred.