Big Stone County Bank Ex Rel. Veigel v. Hoban

Taylor, C.

This is an action to determine adverse claims to a tract of 160 acres of land in Traverse county. The tidal court made findings of fact and conclusions of law sustaining the contention of the defendants, and plaintiff appealed from an order denying a new trial.

The case turns upon the question whether Catherine Hoban, the grantor in a deed to defendant Mary Leonard, dated December 8, 1921, possessed sufficient mental capacity to execute a conveyance of the land. If she lacked such mental capacity, the disposition of the case made by the trial court was correct.

Catherine Hoban was the…