Weaver v. Skinner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

Samuel Burkhart and John T. Weaver were half brothers. Samuel Burkhart, who was unmarried, was advanced in years and was weak-minded. He owned 160 acres of land in Cowley county, near Winfield. Sometime in 1912 he was adjudged incapable of transacting business, and John W. *98Skinner was appointed his guardian. He went to live with Weaver at the latter’s home, under an arrangement between the guardian and Weaver by which the guardian purchased enough land from Weaver upon which to build a room for Samuel to live in, and Weaver agreed that if…