In Re Estates of Shannon

This is a controversy between the natural mother and the alleged stepmother of two minor children for appointment as their guardian. The guardianship was awarded to the stepmother. An appeal was thereupon taken from various orders and rulings of the court below, as hereinafter set forth, and the matter is now before us on motion to dismiss the appeal or affirm the order or orders of the court below.

• The mother of the children, Florence Shannon, now Florence Monsees, at the age of sixteen, and in the year 1919,- married the father, James Shannon. Some seven years later she sued him for…