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Source or prior law:

G.S. 1868, ch. 60 § 1; L. 1905, ch. 299, § 1.

Revisor's Note:

Later act, see 59-2201, 59-2203.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Adjudication of insanity by probate court only prima facie evidence. Walker, Guardian, v. Coates, 5 Kan. App. 209, 47 P. 158.

2. Court cannot be compelled by mandamus to reverse order. The State, ex rel., v. Norton, 20 Kan. 506, 508.

3. Conveyance by insane grantor before inquisition not void, when. Gribben, Guardian, v. Maxwell, 34 Kan. 8, 7 P. 584.

4. Facts conferring jurisdiction upon probate court; habeas corpus ineffective. In re Latta, Petitioner, 43 Kan. 533, 536, 23 P. 655.

5. Contract held valid without adjudication that party restored to reason. Water Supply Co. v. Root, 56 Kan. 187, 192, 42 P. 715.

6. Probate court has exclusive jurisdiction to appoint guardian. Foran v. Healy, 73 Kan. 633, 635, 85 P. 751, 86 P. 470.

7. Verdict of insanity in probate court; conclusiveness thereof. In re Wright, 74 Kan. 406, 407, 409, 86 P. 460, 89 P. 678.

8. Jurisdiction to appoint guardian is at permanent residence of ward. Trust Co. v. Allen, 110 Kan. 484, 491, 204 P. 747.

9. Inquest in lunacy is proceeding on behalf of state. Witt v. Heyen, 114 Kan. 869, 875, 221 P. 262.

10. Presence in county of person informed against essential to jurisdiction. Beeler v. Beezley, 126 Kan. 268, 267 P. 1112.

11. Application of K.S.A. 76-1207 in absence of finding of insanity. Seaverns v. Taylor, 133 Kan. 268, 271, 299 P. 931.

12. District court may not appoint guardian for estate of nonresident incompetents. Henry v. Edde, 148 Kan. 70, 73, 79 P.2d 888.