Francklyn v. Sprague
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF. THE UNITED STATES FOR" THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. This was an appeal from a final decree' of the Circuit Court ■dismissing a bill-in equity. The case is stated in the opinion . bf the court. ■
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
All the essential facts on which this case is based are the same, as those involved in the cases of Hoyt v. Sprague and Francklyn v. Sprague, reported in 103 U. S. 613. The evidence used in those cases was imported into this' by agreement of the parties, and only one new feature has been added. This is the mental incapacity of the present complainant, Edwin. .Hoyt, called Edwin Hoyt, Jr., in the former cases. The bill of complaint contains substantially the same statements as the bills in those cases, with the addition of an averment that the complainant, by certain proceedings had in the…
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