Watson v. Warnock
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for Fetters of Guardianships in Burke Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hoi,T, at the May Term, i860. Simeon Warnock made application to the Court of Ordinary of Burke county, for letters of guardianship of the person and property of Martha Furania Tindall, a minor child of Everett Tindall, deceased.
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Application for Fetters of Guardianships in Burke Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hoi,T, at the May Term, i860. Simeon Warnock made application to the Court of Ordinary of Burke county, for letters of guardianship of the person and property of Martha Furania Tindall, a minor child of Everett Tindall, deceased. To this application, Green G. Watson entered a caveat, on the following grounds-: 1st. That the caveator is the nearest of kin to the said minor child, said minor being the only child of the only sister of- the caveator, and that caveator is by blood the maternal uncle of said minor.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion.
Simeon Warnock applied to the Court of Ordinary of Burke county, for the guardianship of Martha Lourania Tindall, minor child of Everett Tindall, deceased. Green G. Watson caveated the application, claiming the right himself to the guardianship of the child as next of kin, he being the maternal uncle, while the applicant was only a cousin to the child’s deceased father. On the hearing, the Ordinary refused the application of Warnock, and gave the guardianship to Watson, as the next of kin. From this judgment, Warnock appealed to the Superior…
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