Harmon v. Harmon
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CLAIBORNE. Appeal from the County Court of Claiborne County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— HoN. J. H. S. Morrison, Judge. MONTGOMERY, DONALDSON & MONTGOMERY, for W. E. Harmon.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
This is a proceeding instituted in the county court of Claiborne county to have J. M. Harmon, declared a person of unsound mind and a guardian appointed for his estate. The petitioner, W. E. Harmon, is a brother of the defendant, and the proceedings were had under the sections of the Code carried into Thompson’s-Shannon’s compilation as section 5451 et seq.
The jury reported that defendant was a person of unsound mind. The county judge, however, upon consideration of the evidence, came to a different conclusion and dismissed the petition. From this judgment petitioner prayed an appeal to this…
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