Adams' Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeals from two decrees of the court of probate for the district of Simsbury; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried before Pardee, J"., who found the following facts: The appellant applied to the court of probate for the district of Simsbury for the appointment of a guardian, and then being of legal age, to wit, fourteen years, to choose a guardian for herself, made choice before the court of Isaac P, Owen for her guardian.
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Appeals from two decrees of the court of probate for the district of Simsbury; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried before Pardee, J"., who found the following facts: The appellant applied to the court of probate for the district of Simsbury for the appointment of a guardian, and then being of legal age, to wit, fourteen years, to choose a guardian for herself, made choice before the court of Isaac P, Owen for her guardian. The court of probate disapproved her choice^ and requested the appellant to make choice of some other person, which she refusing to do, the court…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The principal question made in one of these cases is, whether the refusal of a judge of probate to approve of the choice of a person to be guardian, made by a minor of sufficient age to make such choice, is the subject of review by the Superior Court on an appeal taken from such refusal.
*306The appellee claims that under section 66, page 312, of the General Statutes, a judge of probate has the power to approve or disapprove of the choice made by such minor, at his discretion, whether such choice is a proper one for approval or not in the judgment of the judge ; and the only remedy that the minor…
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