Sewall v. Fincher

SIMPSON, Justice.

On January 10, 1964, appellant Edward' D. Sewall was declared by a jury to be a. person of unsound mind after proper proceedings held in the Probate Court of Clarke-County, and his niece, Mavis C. Fincher, who initiated the inquisition, was appointed’ guardian of his estate.

Subsequently, on February 20, 1964, appellant filed his petition for revocation of the guardianship under the provisions of Title 21, § 16, Code, which petition was duly supported by affidavits of two physicians stating that in their opinion, Sewall was of sound mind. The guardian filed her denial of the…