Peter v. Englert

This is a suit brought by the guardian of one Charles Peter, a lunatic, praying that there be annulled and canceled a note made by Peter for the sum of $2,000 payable in six months, and that an action at law brought on the note be restrained.

The note was dated the third day of March, 1929, and a decree adjudicating him a lunatic was entered on November 14th, 1929, based on an examination made on September 12th, 1929. A commission found that he had been of unsound mind for a period of more than three years. It is well settled that such a finding is not in anywise conclusive as to the mental…