Howard v. Howard

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Tilford

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court setting aside a judgment of the County Court appointing appellant statutory guardian of her three stepdaughters aged respectively 12, 14, and 9 years. The reasons given by the Circuit Judge for reversing the finding of the County Judge that appellant was the proper person to be appointed are that appellant’s reputation for morals is “under attack in this record,” and that her property interests are antagonistic to those of the infants. Little more than a summary of the facts will…