Wood Appeal

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

This proceeding for the appointment of a guardian of the estate of Jennie Howell Dean, an alleged weak-minded person, was brought under the Act of May 28, 1907, P. L. 292, as amended, 50 PS §941, et seq. Edwina Howell Wood, her granddaughter, was the petitioner. She and her six-year-old daughter are Mrs. Dean’s only lineal descendants. The hearing judge concluded that the subject of this proceeding was able to take care of her property and was not liable to become the victim of designing persons within the intent of the Act, and accordingly dismissed the petition. On…