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MASON v. COMMONWEALTH

283 S.W.2d 845 (1955)

Allie Reese MASON, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 4, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Coomes, New Castle, for appellant.

Bernard Davis, Shelbyville, for appellee.

STANLEY, Commissioner.

A proceeding was instituted in the Shelby Circuit Court in the name of the Commonwealth to inquire into the mental state of Mrs. Allie Reese Mason, an elderly widow. She resisted the inquisition. The verdict was that Mrs. Mason was "incompetent to manage her affairs." It was not wholly responsive to the instruction which called upon the jury to say whether she was "so mentally ill and mentally defective as to be unable and incompetent to manage...

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