In re Guardianship of Mickler

THOMAS, Justice.

This case reached this court because of an apparent conflict between the decision rendered in this cause by the District Court of Appeal, First District, and one rendered in a similar matter by the District Court of Appeal, Second District, In re De Hart, 114 So.2d 13. We set the case for hearing on jurisdiction and merits and concluded that actual, as distinguished from apparent, inconsistency existed so under our decisions assumed jurisdiction to determine the merits also.

Before adverting to the jurisdictional feature we will give a background of the litigation. Florence M.…