Higdon v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

On July 12, 1933, there was filed in the Grayson circuit court a petition charging that the petitioner was reliably informed that J. B. Higdon was a person of unsound mind and incompetent to handle his estate by reason of infirmity and weight of age, and asking that an inquest be held to pass on the subject. On account of the absence of the regular circuit judge, the county judge of Grayson county took his place and presided at the trial. At the conclusion of the evidence, including the report of the examining physicians, the court gave the…