Baldwin v. Dunton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Boone county; the Hon. T. D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant against the appellees, in the Circuit Court of Boone county, on the 20th of January, 1864. It is substantially alleged in the bill that, on the 4th of April, 1862, the complainant became involved in a difficulty which resulted in his arrest and confinement in the jail of De Kalb county ; that, at the time of his arrest, he was possessed…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Boone county; the Hon. T. D. Murphy, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by the appellant against the appellees, in the Circuit Court of Boone county, on the 20th of January, 1864. It is substantially alleged in the bill that, on the 4th of April, 1862, the complainant became involved in a difficulty which resulted in his arrest and confinement in the jail of De Kalb county ; that, at the time of his arrest, he was possessed of a handsome property in Boone county, consisting of two farms— one of one hundred and seventy acres of land, the other…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
In this case the evidence is by no means harmonious. And, as might be reasonably expected, when the mental condition of a person and the value of property are involved in the question, the difference of opinion amongst witnesses is distinct.
On such questions it seems to be exceedingly difficult for different persons to see and estimate the facts and circumstances in the same light. Hence it is not unusual, on questions of sanity, to find intelligent and well-informed persons holding the opinion that the individual is- sane, with ordinary mental vigor, while others suppose him to be capable of…
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