Woodcock v. Sylvester

SHAW, J. pro tem.

The appellant here is the incompetent person above named, and she appeals from the order appointing a guardian for her estate. In support of her appeal she presents but two contentions. The first is that at the time first fixed for hearing of the petition on which the guardian was appointed she did not appear in court nor was any physician’s certificate of her inability to appear presented, and the court thereupon lost jurisdiction over her. As far as appears from the record, nothing was done at this time, except to continue the hearing to a later time. At the later time…