Monnett v. Turpie

— The action of the court in refusing to grant the appellant a trial by jury is the only question involved in this appeal.

The complaint consisted of three paragraphs.

The first paragraph shows that on and prior to January 5, 1881, Thomas Monnett was the owner of several distinct tracts of land in Carroll and White counties, Indiana, and in Prairie county, in the State of Arkansas; that he was, and for a long time prior thereto had been, a person of unsound mind, of which the defendants had notice; that on that day, with full knowledge that he was of unsound mind, the defendants, James H.…