Stockmeyer v. Tobin
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The case, as stated by. the court, was as follows: This suit was instituted January 27, 1886, in the name of Edward F. Stockmeyer, an interdict, and a subject of the German Empire, residing in New Orleans, by his curator Oarl Stockmeyer, a subject of the same empire, residing in that city, against Charles P. McCan, Henry Godberry, George Godberry, Laura Godberry, Noelie Godberry and…
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. The case, as stated by. the court, was as follows: This suit was instituted January 27, 1886, in the name of Edward F. Stockmeyer, an interdict, and a subject of the German Empire, residing in New Orleans, by his curator Oarl Stockmeyer, a subject of the same empire, residing in that city, against Charles P. McCan, Henry Godberry, George Godberry, Laura Godberry, Noelie Godberry and Edward E. LeBourgeois, citizens of Louisiana. Upon final hearing the bill was dismissed with costs. Its principal object is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The case will be considered in the two aspects in which it is presented in behalf of the appellant. The first one is, that at the time Edward F. Stockmeyer entered into the agreement of the 25th day of January, 1884, before the notary, he ivas in a condition of great mental weakness; that there was gross inadequacy of consideration for the mortgage; and that from these circumstances imposition or undue influence ought to be inferred.
The bill does not allege that Stockmeyer was incapable, in law, of executing the agreement in question. The averment that at the time of making it he was losing,…
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