Smith v. Hickenbottom
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. This is a proceeding under section 2272 of tbe Code, for the appointment of a guardian of the property of the defendant, Joseph Hiekenbottom. ■ The plaintiff is a son-in-law of the defendant. He bases his application upon the ground that the defendant is of unsound mind. The defendant for answer denies that he is of unsound mind.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. This is a proceeding under section 2272 of tbe Code, for the appointment of a guardian of the property of the defendant, Joseph Hiekenbottom. ■ The plaintiff is a son-in-law of the defendant. He bases his application upon the ground that the defendant is of unsound mind. The defendant for answer denies that he is of unsound mind. There was a trial to a jury, which found that the defendant was of unsound mind, and the court appointed a guardian accordingly. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i. guardian : persons o£ unsound lflind: evidenee of. The defendant, at the time of the trial, was seventy-eight years of age. It appears that until he was past seventy years of age, he was by no means deficient inbusiness capacity, and succeeded m accumulating considerable property. It does not, indeed, appear, that at the time of the trial, he had wasted his property to any considerable extent. But he had become, bodily, very infirm, and his mind, without any question, had shared somewhat in his physical disability. He seems himself at times to have been conscious of it, and expressed a…
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