FRANCKLYN v. SPRAGUE


121 U.S. 215 (1887)

FRANCKLYN v. SPRAGUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Allen Butler for appellants. Mr. James McKeen was with him on the brief.

Mr. Benjamin F. Thurston for appellees. Mr. C. Frank Parkhurst was with him on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

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...

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