Sjulin v. Clifton Furniture Co.

On January 10, 1948, David Sterling Sjulin, called Sterling, age twenty-four, purchased furniture from defendant Clifton (Clifton Furniture Company is merely a trade name) for which he paid $1121.29. Two days later Sterling was adjudged insane pursuant to chapter 229, Code, 1946, by the county commission of insanity and committed to the Veterans Administration Hospital for the insane at Knoxville where he was still confined when this cause was tried in October 1948. Sterling’s father was appointed guardian of his property by the Fremont County district court on April 21, 1948, and brought…