Continental Casualty Co. v. Deegan

— On January 18, 1939, Mrs. Mary E. Johnston, who was then seventy-five years of age and confined in bed at Mercy Hospital, Dubuque, Iowa, filed her petition in the district court of Dubuque county, asking the appointment of George W. Hird as guardian of her property. George W. Hird had been duly admitted to the practice of law in Iowa, and at that time was about twenty-seven years of age. He was associated and officed with Mrs. Johnston’s attorney, and it was her attorney who prepared the application for the appointment of Mr. Hird as guardian. On January 18, 1939, George W. Hird was…