Barney v. Barney

• On May 22, 1946, Hillery Barney was adjudged a lunatic under the proper procedure by writ of lunático mquirendo. On September 9, 1946, Ida K. Barney and Rebecca M. Barney filed a petition alleging that they are respectively tbe wife and daughter of tbe lunatic Hillery Barney and praying that one of them be appointed guardian of tbe estate of said insane person. They further alleged that one Emerson Barney had been previously appointed guardian of the estate of the lunatic but that such appointment was void. It appears in the record that Emerson Barney is a brother of the lunatic, and that…