In Re Paca
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Queen Anne’s County, In Equity (IIoi’pee and Wtckms, JL). Petition by William P. Basin, as next- friend of William W. Paca, a lunatic, for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to file a caveat to a will. From a decree dismissing the petition, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, C. J.
A petition was filed in the Circuit Court for Queen Anne's County by William P. Rasin in which he made the following allegations':
1. That he files the petition as the next friend of William W. Paca, lunatic, who is an uncle of the petitioner, and who was adjudicated an incompetent by that court in May, 1873, and, as such nephew, he and his brother and two sisters are the nearest relations and the prospective next of kin and heirs at law of said William W. Paca, who is now confined at Spring-Grove, Maryland, is of advanced age, being in about his eightieth year, is hopelessly insane, and…
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