Axe Estate

Shoyer, J.,

This is a proceeding under the Act of 1955, enacted February 28, 1956, P. L. [1955] 1154, as reenacted and amended by the Act of July 11, 1957, P. L. 794, known as the Incompetents’ Estates Act of 1955. Pursuant to the statutory provisions, Lillian Axe Sporkin filed her petition with this court to have her father, Burney Axe, declared an incompetent and a guardian of his estate appointed, alleging that “because of mental infirmities of old age and mental deficiency [he] is unable to manage his property and is liable to dissipate it or become the victim of designing persons.” The…