McCartney v. Gamble

The bill herein was filed to compel a settlement in the chancery court of the affairs of his ward by the guardian of complainant appointed by the county court, which court found complainant to be insane. A demurrer to the bill was sustained and the chancellor permitted an appeal.

After the decree of the county court the complainant was placed in a sanitarium at Asheville, North Carolina, but was not long thereafter declared to have recovered her sanity and discharged.

It is alleged in the bill that the complainant had no notice of the proceedings in the county court in which she was declared…