Aiken v. Mitchell

On May 14, 1940,- Miss Lottie Aiken, an insane person, acting by and through her next friend, Cecil B. Hall, instituted proceedings-under Code § 49-232 in the court of ordinary of DeKalb County to remove Bobert E. Mitchell as guardian of her person and property and appoint some other person in his stead. The defendant filed an answer to the petition, and on June 13, 1940, the ordinary denied petitioner’s application to remove her guardian. The case was appealed to the superior court of DeKalb County and after the original petition had been amended proceeded to trial. At the conclusion of the…