Chaloner v. Sherman
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks damages for withholding his securities and moneys. The defendant sets up as justification that he received and held the property by virtue of two orders of the Supreme Court of New York appointing him committee of the person and estate of the plaintiff as one “incompetent to manage himself or his affairs.” The validity and alleged effect of these orders were denied by plaintiff. The action was brought in' 1904 in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York;…
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