Legal Opinion

In re the Guardianship of the Estate Bayer

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 30, 1918No. 14302PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Sessions, J., entered March 20, 1917, denying the appointment of a guardian for an incomp¿tent person, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.

The petitioner, John Dotson, brought this action for the.purpose of having a guardian appointed for the estate of his sister, Martha E. Bayer, claiming that Mrs. Bayer was incompetent to manage her own affairs. The cause was tried to the court -without a jury, and resulted in a judgment denying the guardianship. From this judgment, the petitioner appeals.

The estate for which the guardianship was sought was a farm consisting of 960 acres of land in Lincoln county, this state. At the time of the trial of the action, Mrs. Bayer was approximately sixty-six years of age.

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Shelby v. FarveSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
  2. Shafer v. ShaferIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
  3. In re the Guardianship of WetmoreWashington Supreme Court · 1893
  4. In re Chappell's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  5. In re Guardianship of ErvayWashington Supreme Court · 1911

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In re the Guardianship of LambWashington Supreme Court · 2011
  2. In Re the Guardianship of MichelsonWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Pfeiffer v. PfeifferWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  4. In re the Estate of BayerWashington Supreme Court · 1919
  5. In re the Guardianship of the Estate of BayerWashington Supreme Court · 1920

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