In re Hardy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioners, William J. Hardy and William H.. Kennedy, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 29th day of Hovember, 1897, denying their application for leave to bring an action against the committee of the property of an incompetent person to recover the value of services rendered, expenses incurred, etc.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 26th of June, 1897, Mary A. Lucas was arrested upon a petition made by her son, and committed, under the Insanity Act, to the Long Island Home at Amityville, Hew York.' A few days later a proceeding de lunático inquirendo was instituted and a trial entered upon, which continued until the sixteenth of July following, when the jury, not being able to agree, were discharged and another jury summoned. The second trial was entered upon on the sixth of August following, and on- that day Mrs. Lucas made an application to the court for leave, in resisting the proceeding then…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carter v. . BeckwithNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
3Cited by4 opinions
- Kent v. WestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- In re the Application for the Appointment of a Committee of the Person & Property of LongAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- In re the Application for the Appointment of a Committee of the Person of MarksNew York Supreme Court · 1914
- People ex rel. Hunt v. SlocumNew York Supreme Court · 1932