Gannon v. Doyle
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Appeal from a decree of the Municipal Court of the city of Providence sitting as a court of probate. April 16,1889, a petition in the words following was presented to the Municipal Court of the city of Providence: “The undersigned, Dennis Gilouglay, of the city of Providence, a brother of one Michael Gannon, of said Providence, hereby requests that Michael Doyle, of said Providence, or some other suitable person, may be appointed guardian of the person and estate of said…
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Appeal from a decree of the Municipal Court of the city of Providence sitting as a court of probate. April 16,1889, a petition in the words following was presented to the Municipal Court of the city of Providence: “The undersigned, Dennis Gilouglay, of the city of Providence, a brother of one Michael Gannon, of said Providence, hereby requests that Michael Doyle, of said Providence, or some other suitable person, may be appointed guardian of the person and estate of said Michael Gannon, who is now confined in the Butler Hospital for the Insane as a person of unsound mind. “ Dennis Gilouglay,…
1Opinion of the Court
The court is of the opinion that the appellant is entitled to have the ground on which the appointment of a guardian is asked set forth in the application therefor, so that she may know the nature of the case which she will have to meet, and that, therefore, the application must be amended so as to set forth the same, or else be dismissed.
This decision rests on the assumption that the appellant had the right to take the appeal, but see Hamilton v. Court ofProbate of North Providence, 9 R.I. 204.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hamilton v. Court of Probate of N. ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1869
3Cited by3 opinions
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