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IN RE DALTON'S GUARDIANSHIP

No. 10076.

354 P.2d 1048 (1960)

138 Mont. 96

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP of the Person and Estate of Mary DALTON, an Incompetent Person. Martha HEAPHY, Guardian and Appellant, v. Emmet T. WALSH, Petitioner and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 19, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Boone & Rimel, Missoula, for appellant. Russell E. Smith argued orally.

Emmet T. Walsh and Robert T. O'Leary, Anaconda, and Wellington D. Rankin, Helena, argued orally for respondent.

ADAIR, Justice.

On September 10, 1957, Martha Heaphy, an elderly school teacher, residing in Anaconda, Montana, filed in the district court for Deer Lodge County, Montana, a petition requesting that she be appointed the guardian of the person and estate of her cousin, Mary Dalton, which estate the petitioner stated was of the estimated value of $76,000.

To represent her in drafting the petition and in instituting and prosecuting the proceeding, the petitioner...

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