McGinnis v. McGinnis

POPE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order by the district court sustaining a motion for summary judgment upon an appeal from • a judgment of a county court declaring a person to be of unsound mind, under the provisions of Chapter 12, Title 69, Guardian and Ward, which chapter relates to Lunatics and Drunkards. Arts. 4267, 4284, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats. A preliminary point concerns the power of the county court to enter a judgment nunc pro tunc in such a proceeding.

Lunacy proceedings were commenced against Janie Barr, and on July 23, 1951, a jury found that she was of unsound mind. The…