Legal Opinion
Nyce v. Hamilton
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1883No. 10,505PublishedCited by 4 opinions
From the Decatur Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtZollars, J.
— This proceeding was instituted under sections 2545, 2546 and 2547, R. S. 1881, to have the appellant declared a person of unsound mind, and a guardian appointed for him. On the 28th day of November, 1881, the following written statement by appellee was filed in the court .below, viz.:
“ State of. Indiana, County of Decatur. '
“ In the Decatur Circuit Court.
“ The undersigned, citizen of this county, would represent that William M. Nyce is an inhabitant of this county, aged twenty-eight years, and is a person of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his own estate, and that said Nyce is-here…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chase v. HathawayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
- Eddy v. People ex rel. EddyIllinois Supreme Court · 1854
- Morton v. SimsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Hutts v. HuttsIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- Shumway v. ShumwaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1829
3Cited by4 opinions
- Martin v. MotsingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Ex parte ScudamoreSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
- Harvey v. RodgerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1924
- State ex rel. Pollard v. BrasherMissouri Court of Appeals · 1918