Coon v. Cook

Bill in chancery by the appellee against David Hiatt, Henry Carroll and Conrad Coon, for a specific performance.

The material facts of this case are these:

One Nancy Coon was the owner of a tract of land in Hancock county. She was an insane person, and had been so from her birth, which occurred on the 16th of November, 1821. The Probate Court of Henry county, on the 16th of November, 1839, appointed Hiatt guardian of the person and estate of Nancy, who, at that date, was a minor; and the record of his appointment shows that he was so appointed because of her infancy. In March, 1846, Hiatt,…