Mayer v. Rice

Citations

• 113 Wash. 144
• 193 P. 723
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 840

Syllabus

<p>Guaedian and Ward (4) — Insane Persons (8) — Appointment-Notice. Under Laws of 1917, p. 697, §§ 197, 198, requiring notice of an application for the appointment of a guardian of an insane person to be served upon the ward or upon the person having his custody, an appointment without notice is void for want of jurisdiction.</p> <p>Same. Laws of 1917, p. 699, § 201, requiring notice of an application for the appointment of a guardian of an insane person to be served upon the prosecuting attorney must be complied with.</p> <p>Same. The fact that an emergency exists requiring the appointment of a conservator of an estate until a guardian can be appointed, does not authorize the court to appoint a general guardian without any notice whatever, under Laws of 1917, p. 706, § 219, relating to circumstances where the general statutes are insufficient to confer full power and authority to administer an estate.</p> <p>Guabdian and Ward — Appointment—Setting Aside. Where an order appointing a guardian is void for want of jurisdiction, the court has power, upon citation and notice to the guardian, to enter an order setting aside the order of appointment.</p>