In Re Guardianship of Jacobs

This is an action in which the appellant seeks the reversal of the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas dismissing an appeal from an order of the-Probate Court appointing a guardian of the person and estate of William E. Jacobs, an alleged incompetent.

On March 26,1937, an application was made foi the appointment of a guardian for William E. Jacobs,' a man then 93 years of age and alleged to be the owner of an estate of the value of, at least, $500,000. The application proceeded to hearing and the testimony in the case was largely that of two doctors. The evidence was such that the court made…