Neely v. Shephard
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Jersey county; the Hon. O. P. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Wilkin
This is a proceeding by petition for the appointment of a conservator for John Neely, originally filed in the county court of Jersey county. The hearing in the county court was according to section 7 of chapter 85 of our statutes. The respondent was found to be a distracted person and unfit to manage and control his property. From the judgment of the county court upon this finding an appeal was taken to the circuit court. There the cause was tried by a' jury of twelve persons, according to the usual practice in the circuit court. When the jury was being empaneled a request was made that the…
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