Central Trust Co. v. McCarroll

Opinion op the Court by

Chirp Justice Barker

Affirming.

Tlie question arising for adjudication on this record is whether under our statute regulating the matter, a ward may, after arriving at the age of fourteen years, supersede a former guardian appointed for him and nominate one of his own choosing. At common law the rule was that when an infant arrived at the age of fourteen years he had reached what was called the age of discretion, and from that time on until he reached his majority, he could among other things, select his own guardian. Blackstone in his Commentaries, volume J, *279page 463,…