Case Name: Pettes v. Upham
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1879-06
Citations: 59 N.H. 149
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pettes v. Upham.
Judges: All concurred.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 149–150

Head Matter:
Pettes v. Upham.
Under Gen. Laws, c. 184, s. 6, the revocation of a guardianship, the personal cause of which has ceased, is not prevented by a pending process of settling the ward’s estate in the insolvent course, under Gen. Laws, c. 186, s. 10.
Probate appeal.
Woodward, for the plaintiff.
Lane, for the creditors.

Opinion:
Bingham, J.
The plaintiff is under guardianship as a spendthrift. Upon his petition for revocation, the probate court found, that the cause for guardianship had ceased; but his petition was denied, on the ground that his creditors' rights might be injuriously-affected by a revocation before the completion of the pending-process of settling his estate in the insolvent course, under Gen. Laws, e. 186, s. 10. Without undertaking to determine what effect, if any, a revocation will have upon that process, or upon the rights-of his creditors, we are of the opinion that he is entitled to personal freedom and a decree of revocation.
Decree reversed.
All concurred.