Graham v. Miller
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, March T., 1914, by defendant, from order of C. P. York Co., finding a person of weak mind in case of Nancy Bernice Graham et al. v. Samuel 0. Miller. Petition to declare Samuel 0. Miller a weak-minded person. Before Ross; J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 15, March T., 1914, by defendant, from order of C. P. York Co., finding a person of weak mind in case of Nancy Bernice Graham et al. v. Samuel 0. Miller. Petition to declare Samuel 0. Miller a weak-minded person. Before Ross; J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The trial judge without making any specific statements of fact or conclusions of law found as follows: After a very careful study of all the evidence produced in this case, and with a full appreciation of the responsibility which such proceedings' place upon the court, we are clearly and conscientiously…
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Opinion by
Head, J.,
This was a proceeding under the Act of May 28, 1907, P. L. 292, entitled, “An Act to provide for the protection of insane persons, feeble minded persons,” etc. No attempt was made by the respondent to avail himself of the right to a trial by jury as provided in sec. 4 of the statute, and the case was heard and determined by *481the learned judge of the common pleas. Many witnesses were called and examined, including the respondent himself, and the hearing resulted in a decree appointing a guardian to take care of his property. From that decree he appeals.
In 1895 the legislature…
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