King v. Allen
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the Court
1. Even if there were merit in the defendant’s contention that Mrs. Weeks lacked mental capacity to enter into the option or purchase and sale agreement — though based on the unfounded assumption that the physical infirmities from which she suffered made her mentally incompetent (compare Meserve v. Jordan Marsh Co. 340 Mass. 660, 662-668 [1960]; contrast Sutcliffe v. Heatley, 232 Mass. 231, 232-233 [1919]), and though contrary to the master’s finding that she had such capacity (see Michelson v. Aronson, 4 Mass. App. Ct. 182, 190 [1976] — the contention is not properly before us, as no…
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