Frazer v. Frazer
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill to set aside a conveyance.—This bill was filed to set aside a deed executed by James Frazer and wife, on the' 5th of October, 1854, conveying to the defendant, who was one of his sons, a farm in Kent County, being the farm on which James Frazer had resided, for the consideration, as specified in the deed, of $2,000. The bill alleged that James Frazer, the grantor, had been insane since the year 1830; that from 1837 until 1842 he was an inmate of the Insane Asylum at…
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Bill to set aside a conveyance.—This bill was filed to set aside a deed executed by James Frazer and wife, on the' 5th of October, 1854, conveying to the defendant, who was one of his sons, a farm in Kent County, being the farm on which James Frazer had resided, for the consideration, as specified in the deed, of $2,000. The bill alleged that James Frazer, the grantor, had been insane since the year 1830; that from 1837 until 1842 he was an inmate of the Insane Asylum at Philadelphia; that he was brought home without any material improvement in his mental condition, and from 1842 to 1853 he…
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, Chancellor.
At the hearing of this case, before argument, being satisfied that it was a casé proper for trial by a jury, I offered an issue to either party who might desire it, which, after consultation, was declined by both sides. I did so neither from a sense of difficulty in the case, nor of delicacy in deciding it, but of duty with reference to a case involving a mere question of fact, on which question I shall now express an opinion.
- Ho material difference was apparent in the argument, as to any question of law bearing on this question of fact, though there was some slight…
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