Newberry v. Gauntt

Appellee filed his application to be appointed guardian of the estate of Virginia Gauntt, his mother, who is non compos mentis, a person of unsound mind, and to remove J. M. Newberry, the present guardian. The motion is predicated upon appellee’s prior right as a son, to be so appointed; the appointment having been made while he was, a minor, for that reason he could not exercise his prior right to be so appointed as the administrator.

In his application, among other things, ap-pellee alleged:

That the “estate of the, said Virginia Gauntt, a person of unsound mind, would be saved the expense…