Cornbleet v. Second Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, J.:

This is an original proceeding in certiorari.

The return shows an action for divorce instituted by Harry Baker against Tillie Baker. The complaint alleged that the wife had been guilty of extreme cruelty, and that for more than two years next preceding the filing thereof, she had been, and now is, an insane person, and prayed for the appointment of some competent person residing in the city of Reno, county of Washoe, Nevada, as guardian ad litem for defendant.

On July 2, 1937, in response to an affidavit filed in the action by the plaintiff averring insanity of…