Dickenson v. Henderson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Harney: Dalton Biggs, Judge. In Banc. This is a proceeding to subject the estate and person of Lanra A. Dickenson to a guardianship. On the eleventh day of June, 1917, Rose 0. Henderson, a daughter of Laura A. Dickenson, filed a petition in the County Court of Harney County seeking to have herself appointed as guardian for the person and estate of her mother.
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From Harney: Dalton Biggs, Judge. In Banc. This is a proceeding to subject the estate and person of Lanra A. Dickenson to a guardianship. On the eleventh day of June, 1917, Rose 0. Henderson, a daughter of Laura A. Dickenson, filed a petition in the County Court of Harney County seeking to have herself appointed as guardian for the person and estate of her mother. The petition shows that Lanra A. Dickenson was about 81 years of age, and possessed real estate of the value of about $6,000 located in Harney and Linn Counties, Oregon; that for about five years before the filing of the petition,…
1Opinion of the CourtOlson, J.
The only two points to be disposed of on appeal are, first, should the County Court have overruled the motion to dismiss the proceedings on the ground that the petition did not state facts sufficient to give the court jurisdiction. Second, does the evidence sustain the decrees in both the County and Circuit Court holding Laura A. Dickenson so incapable of conducting her own affairs as to make the appointment of a guardian over her person and estate necessary.
1-4. As to the first question, it is contended the petition alleges that Laura A. Dickenson was insane and incapable of conducting her…
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