Brown v. Probate Court of Warwick

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Probate Court of Warwick, alleging that a decree of that court, entered on the 12th day of September, 1898, appointing Job S. Carpenter, of said Warwick, guardian of the person and estate of the petitioner, a person of full age, residing in said Warwick, was erroneous, and ought to be quashed upon the ground that, upon the facts found by said Probate Court, it had no jurisdiction to appoint a guardian as aforesaid. The petition for the appointment of said guardian alleged said Peleg Brown to be a person of full age who, from excessive…