Harris v. Bowles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Lawrence County; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Bill by James J. Harris against Argie C. Bowles and others to cancel deeds, and cross-bill by R. N. Harris, Jr. From a decree dismissing the original and cross bills, original complainant and cross-complainant appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Lawrence County; Robert C. Brickell, Judge. Bill by James J. Harris against Argie C. Bowles and others to cancel deeds, and cross-bill by R. N. Harris, Jr. From a decree dismissing the original and cross bills, original complainant and cross-complainant appeal. The mental defect or disease necessary to entitle one to avoid his contract on the ground of insanity need not be so great as to dethrone his reason, but is sufficient if lie is insane to sucb an extent as to be incapable of comprehending or understanding the subject of the contract, its nature, and possible…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
By this proceeding the heirs of Mrs. Mary H. Sherrod, a resident of Lawrence county, Ala., who died in March, 1920, seek the annulment of certain deeds, the first of which was executed by Mrs. Mary H. Sherrod and her son Harris Sherrod in 1908, and the second by Mrs. Sherrod alone on October 15, 1915. The respondent Mrs. Argie C. Bowles was the grantee in each of these conveyances; and, while some of the heirs of Mrs. Sherrod are made parties respondent, yet their interest is antagonistic to that of Mrs. Bowles, and they are respondents in name only. For convenience, therefore, Mrs. Bowles…
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