Grant v. Humbert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Madison Grant, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of March, 1906, enjoining the plaintiff from proceeding with the prosecution of this action.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J. :
The action is brought on a promissory note for 81,500, due on the 24th day of March, 1900, alleged to have been made by the defendant, payable to the order of the plaintiff.
At the time of the commencement of the action the defendant was an inmate of Bloomingdale Asylum, but no committee of his person or property had been appointed. Before commencing the action an application was made in behalf of the plaintiff to one of the justices of the Supreme Court, evidently with a view to complying with the regulation of the State Lunacy Commission precluding service on an inmate of a…
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