Williams v. Gaither
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Ben L. Capell, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
On March 31, 1917, A. Cameron Williams by his wife, Florence M. Williams, as next friend, sued A. P. Gaither for $20,000, averring that Gaither had negligently struck Williams with an automobile, fracturing his skull; and it was further averred that "he has lost his mind, and is now insane and confined-as a maniac in the insane asylum at Bolivar, Tenn.”
On July 25th Mrs. Ellis, his mother, was appointed by the probate court guardian of said Williams, the latter treated as a non compos mentis.
*589On August 11, 1917, a suit was instituted by “A. Cameron Williams, a non compos, who sues by his…
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