Goss v. Stone
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Shiawassee to review action of circuit •court on appeal from probate court in the matter of appointment of general guardian for minor. (Smith, J.) Action of circuit court affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, C. J.
The probate court of Shiawassee county appointed George W. Goss, who was not a relative, to be guardian of Bessie Yah Akin, a young orphan child. Mrs. Stone, her aunt, appealed, and in the circuit court, on such appeal, *320was herself appointed. Gross brings certiorari into this Court, and one of the grounds assigned for error is that the circuit court has no appellate power over guardianship proceedings. The only foundation for this claim is that the appointment is matter of discretion, and therefore not appealable.
By section 6779, How. Stat., it is provided that,—
“In all cases not otherwise…
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