Lake v. Hope
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City county in a proceeding by motion to remove a committee. Judgment for defendant. Petitioners assign error. Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City county. Decree for defendant. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
These causes were argued and submitted together here and will be disposed of in this opinion in the order named.
The writ of error in the first-named case brings under review three orders entered by the circuit court in a proceeding under the statute to remove Dr. J. Wilton Hope as comlmittee of John B. Lake, Sr., a lunatic, and to substitute another person in his place and stead, because of incompetency and lack of care and prudence on the part of Dr. Hope as committee, and his unwarranted extravagance in managing the estate of his ward committed to his charge.
It appears that John B. Lake,…
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