Matter of Galleher
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, granting letters of guardianship to the aunt of a child, and refusing letters of guardianship to its father. M. H. Hyland, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is an appeal from an order appointing Mazy Marshall guardian of the person of Lizzie Galleher, a child aged about three years at the time of the filing of the petition. The appellant, Fred W. Galleher, is the father of the child, and the respondent, Mary Marshall, is its maternal aunt. The mother of the child died when the child was but a few days old, and the father subsequently, under circumstances hereinafter detailed, placed the infant with Mrs. Mary Marshall, where it remained until these proceedings were begun by the filing of a petition in the superior court by Mrs. Marshall for…
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