Teegarden v. Lewis

— The question for decision in this case arises upon a special verdict, and involves the right of the appellants to retain, as against the appellee, moneys held by them as gifts from the appellee’s intestate.

It was found that the appellants, jointly, had received $4,774.00, and that said John E. Teegarden had received to his separate use $4,093.00. In each instance, where it is found that the appellants received money from the intestate, it is also found that the intestate “was of unsound mind.” For the appellants, it is insisted that the special verdict, in finding that the intestate “was of…