Gahwiller v. Gahwiller

The Sac County Commissioners of Insanity, on July 9, 1945, ordered the appellant, Walter Edward Gahwiller, to be committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Cherokee. The appellant was an unmarried man sixty-two years of age. His father died about 1927, survived by his widow and three children: the appellant, Walter Edward Gahwiller; a younger son, Victor; and a daughter living in Virginia. In 1943 the mother, Elizabeth, died and Walter Edward Gahwiller, appellant, was appointed administrator of her estate. Some difficulty arose over the purchase of the home by Walter Edward. He wanted to buy…