Dickerson v. Bowen
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeal. Before Judge Eawlings. Bulloch superior court. April 27, 1906. James Bowen, by his next friend, petitioned the ordinary of Bulloch county to revoke letters of guardianship granted to J. I. Dickerson.
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Appeal. Before Judge Eawlings. Bulloch superior court. April 27, 1906. James Bowen, by his next friend, petitioned the ordinary of Bulloch county to revoke letters of guardianship granted to J. I. Dickerson. In his petition it is stated, that he is a minor child of Elizabeth Lyons, and is over the age of fourteen years; that he is a resident of Chatham county; that J. I. Dickerson is his present guardian; that he desires the removal of Dickerson as guardian, and has, as required by law, presented Mrs. Elizabeth Lyons to the ordinary of Chatham county as a fit and suitable person, and one whom…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.) Perhaps in most instances a guardian and his ward have the same domicile. However, their domiciles may be different. When the ward has come to years of discretion, the residence of the guardian is not the residence of the ward, unless the ward chooses to make it his residence. Roberts v. Walker, 18 Ga. 5. The principle thus broadly enunciated in the case just cited should perhaps be limited to guardians who are not parents. In the case before us it was alleged, in . the ward’s petition to revoke the letters of guardianship of his present guardian, that he was a…
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