Jernigan v. Radford

Bell, Justice.

J. P. Jernigan as guardian of Cora Radford, a lunatic, applied to the court of ordinary of Laurens County for leave to sell the lands of his ward for the purpose of paying debts. After citation, the application was granted in a regular term, no objection being filed. The guardian then proceeded to advertise the property for sale in accordance with the order, when Leo Rad-ford, as next friend of an incompetent brother of the lunatic, filed a suit in equity to enjoin the sale on the sole ground that the court of ordinary had no jurisdiction to grant an order authorizing a guardian…