Baldwin v. Corcoran

This is a suit in equity, filed in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, for the specific performance of a written contract, dated August 19, 1922, covering an optional purchase of certain real estate. The suit was filed on July 19, 1923, and on September 25, 1923, Annie L. Bradley, the original defendant, was adjudged to be a person of unsound mind, and William H. Corcoran was appointed as the guardian of her person and estate, by the Probate Court of the City of St. Louis. In her answer and cross-bill, filed by her guardian, the defendant, among other defenses, pleads her mental…