Lee v. Heuman, Guardian

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

Appellee, as guardian of Ernst Heuman, a lunatic, instituted this suit to review and set aside a judgment by default, obtained in the County Court by appellant against Ernst Heuman, before the latter had been adjudged insane. The petition alleged, in substance, that the former suit was brought to recover the sum of $500, claimed by appellant as compensation for performing a surgical operation upon Ernst Heuman; that citation was served upon Heuman, a trial had, and judgment rendered against him, while he was insane and incapable of representing himself, and when he…