In re Harris
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Petition for provisional order pending proceedings in lunacy. The facts are fully stated in the first portion of the opinion of the Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Wolcott, Chancellor.
Sarah D. McPhail on the 2d day of October, A. D. 1893, presented a petition as the niece of Charles Harris of the Town of Dover in Kent County, and the State of Delaware representing that he was insane, and by reason thereof wholly unfit to govern himself or manage his estate, and praying that a writ may be issued to inquire into the same by a jury. To this was annexed her affidavit as to the truthfulness and correctness of the allegations therein set forth as were also the affidavits of Doctors Wilson and Downs in *44which they declared that they were both acquainted with…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re WendellNew York Court of Chancery · 1815
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