Griffiths's Estate
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1920, by George Griffiths, from judgment of O. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., September T., 1920, No. 3476, in the matter of the petition for the appointment of a guardian of George Griffiths, alleged weak-minded person. Petition under Act of May 28,1907, P. L. 292, for the appointment of a guardian of the estate of an alleged weak-minded person. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 6, Oct. T., 1920, by George Griffiths, from judgment of O. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., September T., 1920, No. 3476, in the matter of the petition for the appointment of a guardian of George Griffiths, alleged weak-minded person. Petition under Act of May 28,1907, P. L. 292, for the appointment of a guardian of the estate of an alleged weak-minded person. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The respondent moved to dismiss the proceedings for want of jurisdiction. The court refused this petition and respondent appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
In order to make plain the exact question presented by this appeal and the motion to quash the same, a brief statement of the facts seems to be necessary.
A proceeding was begun in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, under the provisions of the Act of May 28,1907, P. L. 292. This proceeding had its inception in a petition filed in that court by Edith Marie Kurtz, in which she alleged that she was a niece of George Griffiths; that he, the said Griffiths, was a citizen of Pennsylvania and a resident of the City and County of Philadelphia, but was temporarily…
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