NELSON v. HEIN

No. 41,050

183 Kan. 430 (1958)

327 P.2d 1028

PAULINE A. NELSON, Guardian of RUBY PATTERSON, an Incompetent Person, Appellant, v. JOHN A. HEIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Kennedy, of El Dorado, argued the cause, and W.H. Coutts, Jr. and W.H. Coutts, III, of El Dorado, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

D.M. Ward, of Peabody, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FATZER, J.:

On February 18, 1924, Ruby Patterson was adjudged incompetent by the probate court of Butler County and was ordered confined to the State Hospital at Osawatomie for care and treatment. She is still incompetent, but at the present time is an out-patient of the hospital.

On August 20, 1942, Doris Patterson, a daughter of the incompetent, was appointed guarding...

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