Hardy v. Heide

Charles L. James, on August 13, 1936, was suffering from senile dementia in the advanced stage. He had the mental capacity of a five-year old child. He was the title owner of a duplex dwelling house in Detroit on which there was a mortgage in process of foreclosure, the sheriff’s sale being set for August 28, 1936, so that the equity of redemption had over a year to run. J ames lived in the lower flat, which he rented to an army officer in return for room and board. James unquestionably was in a bad way and absolutely unfit to transact any business or to look after himself. He was approached…