Kimbel v. Ward's Committee

Opinion op the Court by

Commissioner Sandidge

Reversing.

The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition of appellant herein, and, upon his declining to plead further, judgment was entered dismissing it. The appeal is prosecuted from that judgment, and presents the question, whether or not the petition states a cause of action.

It appears from its allegations that James Gr. Ward had been adjudged to be an imbecile by judgment of the Butler circuit court, and that appellee, W. S. Holmes, by. order of that court, had been appointed and then was his committee. It appears that J. Gr. Ward has…