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GUARDIANSHIP OF ESTATE OF SMITH

Docket No. L.A. 22209.

42 Cal.2d 91 (1954)

265 P.2d 888

Guardianship of the Person and Estate of LELAND SMITH et al., Minors. FRIEDA HOWES, as Guardian etc., Respondent, v. HARRY COHEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 13, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hahn, Ross & Saunders and Saul Ross for Appellant.

Clore Warne and Maxwell E. Greenberg, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Juaneita M. Veron for Respondent.

Oswald G. Ingold as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

CARTER, J.

[1] Frieda Howes petitioned to be appointed the guardian of the persons of Leland Smith, a minor of 8, and Sharon Smith, a minor of 6, brother and sister. She alleged that she is the sister of the minors; their mother is dead; their father is Harry Cohen and all reside in Los Angeles, California; that the minors are now under her care and she has supplied and cared for them since the death of their mother; their "natural" father, Cohen, has...

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