HICKS ESTATE


414 Pa. 131 (1964)

Hicks Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Jackson, with him Charles Weiss, and Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, for appellant.

Malcolm Anderson, with him Griggs, Moreland, Blair & Douglass, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 17, 1964:

On December 19, 1961, James T. McLaughlin, M.D., physician for Melinda Morrow Hicks, appellant, filed petitions in the Orphans' Court of Allegheny County, seeking to have appellant declared incompetent and to have guardians appointed for her person and her estate. The petitions did not pray for the issuance of a citation. It is a conceded fact of record that no citation was sought, awarded or served upon the alleged...

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