Carr v. Anderson

Action to recover for legal services rendered and expenses incurred in procuring the legal restoration of the defendant’s wife to competency, she having been adjudged incompetent by a probate court. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals from the order denying his alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding or a new trial.

On July 23, 1919, the wife of the defendant was found insane by the probate court of Sibley county and she was placed in the custody of her husband. On April 6, 1921, Mrs. Anderson petitioned the probate court for a judicial restoration to capacity.…