Cozine v. Horn

The Surrogate.

The maternal grandmother of Sarah Jane Horn, a minor, presented an application for the appointment of her son-in-law, Samuel Fleet, as guardian of the infant; and after ascertaining who were the nearest relatives of the infant residing in the county, I assigned a day for the hearing, and directed the proper notice to he given. On the return of the notice, Amelia Horn, the stepmother of the infant, appeared, and also presented a petition, praying for her own appointment as guardian.

The child was born, Dec. 12,1836, at the Cozine homestead ; her mother died in childbed, and the…