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CALHOUN v. JACOBS

No. 8588.

141 F.2d 729 (1944)

CALHOUN v. JACOBS et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided April 3, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Lichtenberg, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Otho D. Branson and Samuel Barker, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. George E. C. Hayes, of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is a suit by a grantor's heirs to set aside, on the ground of the grantor's mental incapacity, a conveyance of real property to a stranger. Over the objection of the grantee, the heirs were allowed to prove by medical testimony and hospital records that the grantor was insane. The grantee appeals from a judgment in favor of the heirs. The only question we need consider is whether the testimony and records should have been excluded...

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