Bolton v. Stewart

SPEER, Justice.

Lillian Taylor, joined by her husband, H. A. Taylor, sued M. D. Bolton to recover the value of certain secondhand household goods, purchased by Bolton from Mrs. Maud Stewart, alleged to be a person of unsound mind, for whom Mrs. Taylor was the legally appointed and acting guardian.

Plaintiffs’ action is based upon an alleged conversion by defendant Bolton of the furniture so purchased by him from Mrs. Stewart.

Plaintiffs made allegations of the mental incompfetency of Mrs. Stewart, her trial and adjudication of insanity and commitment to a state institution; that Mrs. Taylor was…