Lilly v. Waggoner
Illinois Supreme Court
This suit was commenced by bill in chancery in the Circuit Court of Moultrie county, at the October term, 1858, by George Waggoner, as conservator of the estate of Elisha Waggoner, for the purpose of setting aside a conveyance of real estate made by said Elisha Waggoner to the appellant, Lilly, in the year 1851, upon the ground that said Elisha was insane at the time of selling and conveying the property.
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This suit was commenced by bill in chancery in the Circuit Court of Moultrie county, at the October term, 1858, by George Waggoner, as conservator of the estate of Elisha Waggoner, for the purpose of setting aside a conveyance of real estate made by said Elisha Waggoner to the appellant, Lilly, in the year 1851, upon the ground that said Elisha was insane at the time of selling and conveying the property. The bill alleges, that, in 1858, an inquest was held upon said Elisha Waggoner, at the county of Moultrie, by order of the judge of the County Court, and a verdict of insanity rendered. That…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Does the evidence in this case establish the fact, that Elisha Waggoner was of non-sane mind, so as to avoid his conveyance to appellant? It maybe truly said, that there are few questions which present greater difficulties in their solution, than this of insanity. It assumes such a variety of forms, from that of the raving madman, to the monomaniac; from total dementia, to that of scarcely perceptible insanity, that it has almost been denied, that any person is perfectly sane, on every subject. But the law only regards it, when it renders the subject non compos mentis, or that condition of…
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