Gore v. Gadd

This is a suit by the plaintiff vendor to rescind a land sale contract made with defendant vendee on the ground that plaintiff was mentally incompetent at the time she entered into the contract. Plaintiff appeals from a decree in favor of defendant.

The subject matter of the contract of sale was plaintiff’s home. The evidence establishes that during the negotiations for the sale and at the time of the execution of the contract plaintiff outwardly appeared to be fully competent to enter into contractual relations. Plaintiff concedes that under the test for competency heretofore applied in…