Hamilton v. Kettles

1. The issue in this ease being as to the appointment 6f one of two applicants as guardian of the person of a minor, the court did not err in admitting in evidence a provision of a will, executed by the mother of the minor shortly prior to her death, in which the defendant in error was selected as trustee or guardian of the property of her child, since this was a proper circumstance for the consideration of the jury in determining the question of guardianship. “The request of the parent of an infant on his death-bed is a proper circumstance to be considered by the jury; and, all other things…