Roughan v. Morris
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Farlin Q. Ball, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Sears
delivered the opinion of the court.
But one question of controlling importance is presented upon this appeal, viz.: whether the suit may be entertained for the purpose indicated when commenced by an insane person by his next friend.
The grounds for the intervention of a court of chancery are here ample, if the suit were brought by a complainant of sound mind and in his own name. The' relation of the parties, the insolvency of defendant, the refusal or failure to account, and the waste alleged, constitute sufficient ground for intervention of a court of equity, if the…
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