Shaw v. Dixon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 97 — PETITION EQUITY — CITED 7 Dana, 391, StowelTs heirs v. McCreery’s heirs. 3 Story’s Equity, sec. 887, and authorities cited. 4 Dana, 339, Nailor v. Nailor. ,3 Johnson’s Chancery Reports, 337. CITED Civil Code, secs. 49, 51, 58. Story’s Equity, secs. 61, 63, 64, 65, 66. 1 Ohitty’s Pleading, 18. 3 Bibb, 11, Cameron’s committee v. Pottinger. 6 Dana, 87, Allison y.
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Case 97 — PETITION EQUITY — CITED 7 Dana, 391, StowelTs heirs v. McCreery’s heirs. 3 Story’s Equity, sec. 887, and authorities cited. 4 Dana, 339, Nailor v. Nailor. ,3 Johnson’s Chancery Reports, 337. CITED Civil Code, secs. 49, 51, 58. Story’s Equity, secs. 61, 63, 64, 65, 66. 1 Ohitty’s Pleading, 18. 3 Bibb, 11, Cameron’s committee v. Pottinger. 6 Dana, 87, Allison y. Taylor, &c. 4 Metcalfe, 262, Matson v. Matson. 4 Selden, 112, Moore v. Mayor of New York. 2 J. J. Marshall, 438, Pitzhugh v. Croghan. Greenleaf’s Cruise, 189. 4 Dana, 346, Nailor v. Nailor.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE EOBEBTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court.
As rightly adjudged by this court in the ease of Nailor, &c. v. Nailor, &c., 4 Dana, 339, all persons of “unsound” mind, incompetent to take prudent care of themselves and property, are, according to the principles of Kentucky jurisprudence, entitled to the protection and curation of courts of equity as much as technical idiots and lunatics, and that such guardianship may be secured on the petition by next friends seeking an inquisition into the capacity, and the appointment of a committee if incapacity be found and adjudged.
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- Nailor's Children v. NailorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1836
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