In re Cooper
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioners, Edmund Cooper and others, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th' day of January, 1905, as appoints one George Kettle the committee of the person of William F. Cooper, an incompetent.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Bhien, J.:
By the petition of the heirs at law and next of kin of William F. Cooper, these proceedings were instituted to inquire into his alleged incompetency, and after a thorough hearing a jury found that he was an incompetent person. Thereupon the petitioners moved for a confirmation of the findings of the jury and the appointment of the incompetent’s brother-in-law, Stockell, residing in the State of Tennessee, and of one Berry, residing in the city of New York, as a joint committee of the property and person. No objection was made to the confirmation of the findings of incompetency or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lamoree's CaseNew York Supreme Court · 1860
3Cited by3 opinions
- Matter of RothmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- In re AndrewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- In re Kane, New York County Courts1910