In Re Price

John L. Price having been appointed general guardian of the person and estate of said minors, respondent made an application to the court in said guardianship matter for an allowance of three thousand dollars for services performed for said minors before the appointment of said general guardian in an action brought in the superior court to quiet title to certain real estate in the county of Madera. The application was opposed by said general guardian and, after a full hearing, the court made an order that “Stanley Murray, Esq., and W. C. Ring, Esq., do have and recover of and from J. L. Price, general guardian of Louis E. Price and Harold C. Price, minors, the sum of seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars,” from which order the appeal has been taken by the general guardian. Prom the findings of the court we glean the following:

“III. That on or about the 7th day of September, 1919, Bessie Price, the mother of said defendants, and the person having the sole custody of them employed said firm of Murray and Ring to appear in behalf of said defendants in said action as their attorneys; that the amount of compensation for their services was not agreed upon or determined at that time,…