Beller v. Jones
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Coui t in Chancery. Hon. Lbn B. Geeen, Circuit Judge. ■ The attempt to show that Jones was insane., o.r not capable of making a contract, was a signal failure. He was fully capable of contracting. He was endowed with such a degree • of reason and judgment as to enable him to comprehend the the subject. He was not capable of managing his affairs. The disposition he made of his property was neither improvident nor unreasonable.
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Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Coui t in Chancery. Hon. Lbn B. Geeen, Circuit Judge. ■ The attempt to show that Jones was insane., o.r not capable of making a contract, was a signal failure. He was fully capable of contracting. He was endowed with such a degree • of reason and judgment as to enable him to comprehend the the subject. He was not capable of managing his affairs. The disposition he made of his property was neither improvident nor unreasonable. Courts will not interfere with the solemn contracts of men, nor disturb them on slight grounds. Kelly's Heirs vs. McGuire, 15 Ark. 597;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fairchild
Johnathan Jones, the appellee, and the plaintiff below, for sometime previous to the 17th of August, 1857, had been subject to great depression of spirits and distress of mind from unhappy domestic relations, and to an extent that induced the generality of his neighbors to suppose him to be, so impaired in mind, as to be unfit for the management of his affairs; while a few of his neighbors, and casual acquaintances, or such as had not known him till the time mentioned, did not discover but that he was equal to the discreet transaction of ordinary business.
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