Oakes' Estate v. Oakes

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chiee Justice BeEase.

On April 15, 1927, the respondent W. J. Oakes was duly appointed in the Probate Court of Darlington County, committee of Francis J. Oakes, an incompetent World War veteran, and the respondent Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit, Mich., became surety on the bond of the committee.

At some time, the date not appearing in the record, the petitioner, J. C. Willcox, regional attorney of the Ufiited States Veterans’ Bureau, petitioned the Probate Court for the removal of W. J. Oakes as the committee of Erancis J. Oakes, that…