Legal Opinion
Harrison v. Bishop
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1892No. 16,382PublishedCited by 24 opinions
From the Marion Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcBride, J.
Counsel agree that the only question involved in this case is, “ Whether a person who has been adjudged to be a person of unsound mind, at any time, and *162for whom a guardian has been appointed, and as to whom such adjudication of mental unsoundness has never been set-aside in the manner provided by statute, can, while such adjudication and guardianship exist, make a valid will devising real estate.”
In view of this agreement a very brief statement of the facts will suffice.
In the year 1868, Thomas Harrison was, by the common pleas court of Marion county, duly adjudged of unsound mind and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Burkhart v. GladishIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Wadsworth v. . Sharpsteen and MoffatNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Will of SlingerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Lowder v. LowderIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
- Stevens v. StevensIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Teegarden v. LewisIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Gilmer v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Taylor v. TaylorIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
- Hayward v. HaywardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1917
- Young v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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