Legal Opinion
Virginia Willys Lucom and Wilson C. Lucom v. Atlantic National Bank of West Palm Beach, Florida
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1965No. 21088_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
In 1953 the appellant, 1 then a Florida resident, was adjudicated incompetent and restored a few months later. The appellee bank was the guardian of her property during her incompetency. Shortly after her restoration, she re-entered a mental hospital in Philadelphia. It appears her children induced her to Philadelphia without revealing the purpose of the trip. The children then brought a habeas corpus proceeding in a Pennsylvania state court to establish the legality of her confinement, and she was declared “mentally ill” within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Mental…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Berger v. JacksonSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
- Marco v. DullesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
- William Marco, as Administrator, Etc. v. John Foster Dulles, and Ridge Realization CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Leona Dinwiddie v. R. J. Brown, Anne Elizabeth Roark v. Gordon T. WestCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by13 opinions
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