BECKLEY NAT. BANK v. BOONE

No. 4676.

115 F.2d 513 (1940)

BECKLEY NAT. BANK et al. v. BOONE et al. (MOSELEY, Intervenor).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

November 13, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Q. Hutchinson, of Beckley, W. Va., and Frank N. Bacon, of Fayetteville, W. Va. (Mahan, Bacon & White, of Fayetteville, W. Va., on the brief), for appellants.

Connor Hall, of Huntington, W. Va. (Samuel Biern, of Huntington, W. Va., Leo Loeb, of Charleston, W. Va., and William L. Lee and C. R. Summerfield, both of Fayetteville, W. Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal revolves around the central contention that on and after January 1, 1929, John A. Boone, late of Beckley, West Virginia, deceased, was insane, and unable to understand the results of an ordinary business transaction. Based on the assumption that he was insane as early as 1924, equity proceedings were brought by his widow and children in the District Court on November 14, 1935 to set aside numerous judgments filed against him while...

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