De Hart v. Condit
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from an order of the chancellor denying the petition of the appellant, as stated below, and from the decree confirming the inquisition.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
Upon a petition presented to the chancellor in June, 1892, a commission in the nature of a writ de lunático inquirendo was *612issued, to ascertain whether Charles A. De Hart was a lunatic or of unsound mind, and in the following month an inquisition was returned into chancery, finding that Mr. De Hart was then, and for the space of about five years preceding had been, of unsound mind, so as to be incapable of governing himself, his lands, tenements, goods and chattels. Within a few days Mr. De Hart presented to the chancellor a petition asking…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- In re WendellNew York Court of Chancery · 1815
- In re RussellNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
- Yucker v. MorrisSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1916
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