Rosensteel v. Long
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 380, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Huntingdon Co., May T., 1911, No. 205, on bill in equity in case of Anna Eosensteel and H. Y. Eosensteel her husband et al. v. John D. Long. Bill in equity for the cancellation of deeds conveying real estate. The court sustained the bill on the ground that the grantor was mentally incapable of making a contract or executing a deed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
Plaintiffs brought their bill in equity for the cancellation of certain deeds given by Elizabeth Long to her son, John D. Long, alleging that the grantor had not sufficient mental capacity to understand what she was doing. *542The court found that “at the time when both deeds were executed the grantor was wholly incompetent by reason of her disease and advanced age to enter into any contract whatever, or to make, execute and deliver the deeds conveying her real estate to any one,” and entered a decree cancelling the deeds.
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- Ginder v. BachmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Smith v. RidgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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