Sumi v. Young

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee filed with the United States Commissioner1 for Fairbanks precinct, territory of Alaska, a verified petition showing that, by the last will of Mayme Helen Young, deceased, appellee had been appointed as testamentary guardian of her two minor children, and praying for confirmation of his appointment and for letters of guardianship. Appellant, the grandmother of the minors, filed a protest, opposing confirmation of appellee’s appointment and praying that she herself be appointed as guardian. The commissioner, after hearing the matter, overruled appellant’s…