Fetterley

Fetterley v. Osborne

Good Law
1928 Cal. LEXIS 689·204 Cal. 384·268 P. 643
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 19, 1928Docket No. L.A. 9107.California304 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Tyler, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the action after an order sustaining a demurrer to a second amended complaint without leave to amend. The plaintiff appears in propria persona and he attempts to state a cause of action for damages for illegal restraint and also to recover certain sums which he claims were unlawfully ' expended on his behalf by defendant while acting as the guardian of his estate. The complaint indicates that plaintiff had been adjudged insane by the superior court of the county of Los Angeles and it recites that on December 19, 1923, he was adjudged sane and competent and fully restored to all his rights as a competent person. It alleges the appointment, in May, 1922, of defendant, as guardian of plaintiff’s estate and it charges the unlawful and useless expenditure by defendant, as such guardian, of certain sums for clothing and other expenses for the benefit of plaintiff. A further allegation recites that plaintiff ran away from the Southern California State Hospital, where he was incarcerated, and defendant caused him to be returned to that institution without sufficient reason. It is then charged that by reason of the acts of defendant plaintiff…

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