Jones v. Golden

On August 14, 1933, Lee Golden filed in the county court of Dickey County, North Dakota, a petition asking that he be appointed the guardian of his sister, Nora May Jones, incompetent. On the same day, Mrs. Jones, the appellant, appeared in court and signed a written statement before three witnesses naming Lee Golden as her guardian and requesting his appointment as such. The minutes of the court show that the matter was called for hearing; that Mrs. Jones was present; that the court asked if she desired the appointment of a guardian for her person and property, to which she answered, “Yes.”…