Williams v. Wells

The petition stated that the last will and testament of John Williams has been admitted to probate; that Wells and Davis were designated as the guardians of the children or the testator. That said paper is wholly insufficient in law to create the said guardianship and that there are no testamentary guardians of said children, and prays the court to appoint some person or persons as guardians to take charge of the children and their estate, inasmuch as the said children are both under the age of fourteen years and incapable of making a selection for themselves. The answer of John Wells stated:…