Doe v. Reagan

This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land in Fayette county. Plea, the general issue. Verdict and judgment for the defendants.

On the trial, certain depositions taken by the plaintiff, were suppressed on the defendants’ motion. These were depositions in which the witnesses expressed their opinions that one Joseph Reagan, under whom the defendants claim, was insane at the time of his execution of a deed to them for *218the premises in dispute. These depositions were correctly suppressed. The opinions of witnesses may be taken as to the sanity of a grantor, but the facts upon which the…