Estate of Cowper

This is a proceeding wherein it was- sought to have a guardian appointed for the estate of Mary Jane Cowper. The petitioner was her sister, Margaret A. Saunders. The petition was opposed by Mary Jane Cowper herself, supported by another sister named Mrs. Julia Brown. The petitioner averred that Mary Jane Cowper was the owner and in possession of certain real and personal property in the city and county of Los Angeles, of considerable value and income; that she was of the age of fifty-two years, unmarried, and for several years last past had been, and then was, in delicate health, and by reason thereof had been, and then was, mentally incompetent to manage or properly take care of her said properties. The petition asked for the appointment of the Title Insurance and Trust Company of Los Angeles as the guardian of her said estate. The opposition to the petition denied its averments as to the ill health or in competency of Mary Jane Cowper. The matter came on for hearing before the court upon this single issue on July 25, 1917, the parties supporting and opposing the petition being present in court and respectively represented by able counsel. The hearing occupied three days, during…