LAYTON v. PRIBBLE


105 S.E.2d 864 (1958)

200 Va. 405

Daniel J. LAYTON, Guardian, etc., et al. v. Bascom S. PRIBBLE, Jr., Committee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart G. Christian, Richmond, Harry B. F. Franklin, Fredericksburg (Christian, Marks, Scott & Spicer, Richmond, Franklin & Rawlings, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellants.

Walter E. Rogers, Richmond (Williams, Mullen, Pollard & Rogers, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying and dismissing the petition of Daniel J. Layton, the Delaware guardian of Rose Neel Henderson, filed under § 26-60 of the Code for the transfer to him of the personal estate of his ward in the hands of her Virginia committee, Bascom S. Pribble, Jr.

Section 37-140 of the Code provides for the appointment of a committee or guardian of the "person or property" of one who has become mentally or physically...

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