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Leon Bourgeois,	J	Case No* 513 of the Chanoery Court
lunatic	)	of Hancock County,Mississippi*
Sy	*	Papers found in Box 35 of the Chan-
Angeline Bourgeois )	-	eery	Court	files.
Petition of Angeline Bourgeois,filed Jan?y 15,1894,shows to the Court that Leon Bourgeois,husband of said Petitioner,is a l&natic and incapable of taking care of himself and his estate,and has been in a hopeless and unintermitted state of insanity for the past seventeen year a, requiring constant care of his personjthat Petitioner has had charge of and taken care of him since he became insane,he being confined in a house in the yard wherein is situated his dwelling house,where she has always kept him confined,so that she could give him her constant care and attention;that she lias exhausted every available means she has for his care,support and protection;that said lunatic has a small real estate consisting of a lot adjoining their, homestead lot,and that Petitioner now has an opportunity of disposing of a portion of said lot at a fair price,and that it is absolutely necessary that she should sell it to assist her in his support-said land be-ing worth about ^>450*00;that there is no other property either real or personal belonging to him? in Hancock County,Miss*,or elsewhere,except the homestead lot on which they reside;that it is necessary for the welfare of said Leon Bourgeois that a guardian should be appointed of hia person & estate,and that Petitioner herein is the wife of said lunatic,of lawful age and a suitable person to be entrusted with the management of his property as aforesaid and the control of his person; and that Petitioner herein therefore prays that a writ de lunatico inq.uiren-do bB ordered to issue in accordance with the statute,and that,on the return thereof duly executed as by law required,Petitioner be appointed guardian of the person and estate of 3aid lunatic,upon giving bond and .taking the oath required by law,and for such other or further relief as
the nature-of said case shall require*	'	-	.
Said Petition sworn to Jan*y 15,1894,by said Angeline Bourgeoistbeicre E*H*Hoffmann,Clerk of the Chancery Court of Hancock County>Miss*,who affixes his official seal*
Writ de lunatico inq.uirendo as to the mental condition of said Leon Bourgeois,alleged lunatic,issued by the Court Jan?y 15,1894,and Verdiot of Jury appointed by Sheriff to make the required ex&minatiiQn adjudging said Leon Bourgeois to be a lunatic of unsound mind and recommending that a guardian be appointed of his person and estate,are filed in this cause on Jan*y 15th*,1894*
ffecreeapproving Writ and Verdict thereon and granting Letters of Guardianship of the person and estate of said Leon Bourgeois,Lunatic aforesaid to said Angeline Bourgeois upon her taking the oath prescribed by law and entering into bond in the sum of $450*00 with good and sufficient sureties to be approved according to law,and approving said Bond which has been duly tendered by said Petitioner,and ordering that Letters accordingly issue,is rendered Jamuary 15th*,1894*	iv
Guardian?s Bond and Letters of fffoniKtatggfcfcga Guardianship,issued* Jan?y 15th*,1894,are filed same date*	*
On Jan?y 16th*,1894,said Angeline Bourgeois,Guardian of said Leon Bourgeois,Non?Compos Mentis,for the sale of the land owned by said Leon Bourgeois, dev/cribed&a being within the corporate limits u? thttft r Town of V/&Y Aland., in Htmcoolc Co?u&?ty>S'b&"t6 of Mississippi^?giix&lng fit* & stake set in the West margin of front Street,?and running on a course North 18 Zltfi6 l?f|33 feet four inches,from thence South 1147-feet to the western margin of the front street,having a front of road of 6*1? feet-The second lot beginning on the eastern margin of the front roaa, running ^owth. i8 3A5t degrees East 125 feet to th.6 water1s ed^j? &&d from thence South vwrt?tl8 degrees East feet-and from thence on a course North of 112 feet and from thence along the eastern margin of the front road to the place of beginning,containing 93 aores-by order
of the Court-files a Petition.	^	^
After Citation duly issued to Sheriff for Peter 0*Bourgeois,Simon Bourgeois and Joseph L.Bourgeois,three of the next of kin of said Leon Bourgeois,Lunatic,and executed by personal service on all of ,said par- . ties,a decree is rendered on Jan'y 24th.,1894,ordering that said land
of said Lunatic as described in said Petition for m-U^ing ^ portion ?Xf the "Leon Bour geoia" Tract of land that was deeded to him by MaximiU
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