Legal Opinion

Estate of Looney v. Browning

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 4, 1905PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry G. Riley, Judge. An appeal lies from a judgment of the probate court in cases of this kind. R. S. 1899, sec. 3535; R. S. 1899, see. 278, sub. 15; Garrison v. Lyle, 38 Mo. App. 558; Burge v. Burge, 94, Mo. App. 20, 67 S. W. 703; State ex rel. Betts v. Megown, 89 Mo. 156; State v. Mitchell, 3 Brevard (S. C.) 520; Fletcher v. Fletcher, 59 Yt. 98; State v. Williams, 9 Gill (Md.) 173; Senseman’s Appeal, 21 Penn.

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Appeal from Cape Girardeau Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry G. Riley, Judge. An appeal lies from a judgment of the probate court in cases of this kind. R. S. 1899, sec. 3535; R. S. 1899, see. 278, sub. 15; Garrison v. Lyle, 38 Mo. App. 558; Burge v. Burge, 94, Mo. App. 20, 67 S. W. 703; State ex rel. Betts v. Megown, 89 Mo. 156; State v. Mitchell, 3 Brevard (S. C.) 520; Fletcher v. Fletcher, 59 Yt. 98; State v. Williams, 9 Gill (Md.) 173; Senseman’s Appeal, 21 Penn. St. 331; Schouler on Executors and Administrators, 161. No appeal will lie from a judgement or order of probate court appointing an…

1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.

The contest in this case is over the appointment of a curator of the estate of Mamie P. Looney, a minor child and the daughter of J. R. Looney, deceased. T. J. Browning was appointed curator of the minor’s estate by the probate court of Oape Girardeau county. About a year earlier he had been appointed administrator of the estate of the deceased father of the minor. Browning was also the guardian of the person of the minor at the time he was appointed curator. The mother of the child died in childbirth and the father took the child immediately afterwards to *197Browning, who was his neighbor and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Grover v. FowlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  2. Donaldson v. LewisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1879
  3. Weisne's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
  4. Owens v. LinkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1892

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smith v. YoungMissouri Court of Appeals · 1909
  2. Estate of SeabaughMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. State Ex Rel. Pope v. LisleMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
  4. State Ex Rel. Kassen v. CarverMissouri Court of Appeals · 1962
  5. State ex rel. Pinger v. ReynoldsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1906

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