In re Lynch
New York Court of Chancery
This was an appeal from a decision of the vice chancellor of the first circuit, denying an application made on the part of the committee of the person and estate of Ann Lynch, to obtain the custody of her person; and to prevent J. Kinsey, at whose house she was, from harboring her against the wishes of the committee.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The appeal in this case presents an important question as to the rights and duties of the committee of an habitual drunkard ; and as to the power and control which this court has over the persons of that unfortunate class of our fellow citizens whose unnatural appetite for intoxicating liquors has rendered them incompetent to manage their property, or to regulate their own conduct. Ann Lynch, a widow lady about sixty-five years of age, who by the death of her husband came into the possession of a very considerable personal property in addition to her dower in his real estate,…
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