In Re the Guardianship of Miller

This is an appeal by the National Bank of Commerce of Seattle, as guardian of an incompetent’s estate, from a decree holding that the incompetent had no right, title, or interest in certain real property involved in a prior divorce action. In order to assist in an understanding of the situation, we set out the steps leading up to this appeal in chronological order:

December 10, 1943. Robert B. Miller filed a complaint for a divorce against Kathleen S. Miller, his wife, alleging mental cruelty. Mrs. Miller had been confined in a private mental rest home for a year and a half prior to the…