Pittman v. Lamb
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Choctaw County. Hon. P. P. Bailey, Chancellor. This ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. filed a brief too elaborate for publication, and they do not wish it abridged. Sanity is a natural condition of man. The presumption of such condition is strong, and should not be overthrown, except by clear and satisfactory proof.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Choctaw County. Hon. P. P. Bailey, Chancellor. This ease is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. filed a brief too elaborate for publication, and they do not wish it abridged. Sanity is a natural condition of man. The presumption of such condition is strong, and should not be overthrown, except by clear and satisfactory proof. The line of demarcation between minds very weak, yet having sufficient understanding to transact the ordinary affairs of life, and those minds not having quite enough understanding to transact such affairs, is very…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
On the 13th of March, 1873, James Patterson sold and conveyed one hundred and sixty acres of land for $800 cash to the appellee. On the 17th of April, 1873, Patterson was, by the verdict of a jury empanelled for the purpose according to the statute in such cases, found to be unsound in mind, and incapable of managing his affairs; and the appellant, being appointed his guardian, afterwards exhibited this bill to vacate the deed of Patterson to the appellee, on the grounds that it had been executed when Patterson was mentally incapable of making the contract, and that the appellee had…
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