Estate of Tobelmann

On January 19, 1887, Martin J. Burke filed in this court a petition alleging that he is a resident of the *19 city and county of San Francisco, of the age of fifty years and upward, and was and had been for five years last past the agent and friend of Margaret Tobelmann; that said Margaret is a resident of San Francisco; that she is a single woman, having been divorced from Frederick Tobelmann, once her husband, on August 24, 1886, by a judgment and decree of the superior court of this city and county; that by the terms of the judgment and decree of divorce the issue of the marriage, to wit, Lizzie Tobelmann, of the age of eleven years, was awarded to the wife, said Margaret, and the boy Frederick was awarded to his father Frederick; that said Margaret has property situate in the city and county of San Francisco, consisting of money and real estate, described in said petition, which brings in an income of about $400 per month ; that said Margaret is now insane and under treatment for insanity in the Pacific Asylum at Stockton under the management of Dr. Asa Clark, and has been there since October 15, 1886; that she is not capable of taking care of herself and is mentally…