Cummings v. Patterson

I

THE CASE

SHRIYER, J.

We have for consideration a petition for writs of certiorari, supersedeas and mandamus filed by Richard P. Jahn, attorney of the Chattanooga Bar, as a next friend of Will Cummings, an incompetent, who was represented in the cause by the said Richard P. Jahn prior to the time he, Cummings, was declared to be incapable of managing his own affairs by decree of the Chancery Court entered on November 29, 1963. In this same decree the Chancellor appointed Lillian Cummings, wife of the incompetent, as next friend to further prosecute the action.

On December 12, 1963 a proposed…