Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Wright

California Supreme Court

Decided November 1, 1900No. S.F. No. 1475PublishedCited by 48 opinions

'APPEAL from an order of the Superior Cóurt of Santa Clara County appointing a guardian for a minor. M. H. Hyland, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, C.

The appellant, who is the father of Fannie Marie Campbell, an infant of two years of age, applied to the lower court by petition to be appointed guardian of. her person and estate, the last consisting of personal property of merely nominal value. The application was contested by the respondents, John and Mary Wright, the maternal grandparents of the minor, who made a counter application for the appointment of John Wright, the grandfather, who was accordingly appointed by the court. The appeal is from this order.

The petition—or as it is entitled, “answer”—of the respondents contains…

2Cited by48 opinions

  1. In Re BGCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Stever v. SteverCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Guardianship of SnowballCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Matter of ForresterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Thornton v. RayaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967

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