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CHESSON v. PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 27.

150 S.E.2d 40 (1966)

268 N.C. 98

Dorothy M. CHESSON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Elmer R. Chesson, Deceased, v. PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter & Ross, Washington, N. C., for plaintiff appellee.

Peel & Peel, Williamston, Rodman & Rodman, Washington, N. C., for defendant appellant.

SHARP, Justice.

The executed contract of a mentally incompetent person is ordinarily voidable and not void. Reynolds v. Earley, 241 N.C. 521, 85 S.E.2d 904; Walker v. McLaurin, 227 N.C. 53, 40 S.E.2d 455; Carawan v. Clark, 219 N.C. 214, 13 S.E.2d 237. If, however, the person has been adjudged incompetent from want of understanding to manage his affairs and the court has appointed a guardian for him...

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