Legal Opinion

Fish v. Deaver

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 19, 1918No. 9472PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error from District Court. Ottawa County ; Preston S. Davis, Judge. From an order of the district court affirming thei judgment of the county court of Ottawa county declaring Joseph P. Fish an incompetent, and appointing Ira C. Deaver guardian of his person and estate, Joseph P. Fish brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtSharp, C. J.

The principal question presented for our consideration is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment of the trial court declaring Joseph P. Fish to be an incompetent person, and in appointing a guardian of his pejrson and estate. The record of the proceedings had in the trial court is voluminous, and it would serve no useful purpose to set out at length even the substance) of the testimony of the many witnesses. Briefly, the proceedings to declare Eish an incompetent were had on the petition of Ira O. Deavejr, superintendent of the Quapaw Indian agency at Wyandotte. At the trial…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Emerick v. EmerickSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
  2. Shelby v. FarveSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Gray v. ObearSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  4. Shapter v. PillarSupreme Court of Colorado · 1900
  5. McCammon v. CunninghamIndiana Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Scoufos v. FullerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1954
  2. In Re Nitey's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
  3. In Re Shipman's EstateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  4. King v. SlepkaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
  5. Miller v. HowardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919

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