Case Name: M. L. Persons v. C. A. Young et al.
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1881-04
Citations: 75 Tenn. 293
Docket Number: 
Parties: M. L. Persons v. C. A. Young et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Reports
Volume: 75
Pages: 293–294

Head Matter:
M. L. Persons v. C. A. Young et al.
GUARDIAN ad Lieem. Compensation. Land should he rented and fee pa/id out of rent. While a guardian ad litem is entitled to compensation for services and have a lien therefor on property protected by his services, real or personal, the court, in all cases where it can be done, should preserve the corpus of the estate, if realty, and should have it rented out, and out of the rent pay the fee.
EROM SHELBY.
Appeal from the Chancery Court at Memphis. E. J. MORGAN, Ch.
L. W. Finley for complainant.
Harris & Turley for defendants.

Opinion:
Turney, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case, decided at a former day of the term, there is now an application for a lien upon the lands of the minor defendants for a reasonable fee to the guardian ad litem, and for a reference to ascertain the amount of the fee.
The application comes within the rule of Kerbaugh v. Vance, 5 Lea, 113, in which it was holden that a guardian ad litem will be allowed compensation for services in conducting the suit of his ward. He is, unlike an attorney for a client sui juris, entitled to a lien upon the property protected by his services, whether realty or personalty.
In all cases where it can be done, the corpus of the estate, if realty, should be preserved, and the court in which the case is pending should have the estate rented, and out of the rents have paid the fees to the guardian ad litem.
The application is allowed.