Zeigler
v.
Shuler.
v.
Shuler.
Aug 25, 1910.
Messrs. P.T. Hildebrand, Thos. F. Brantley and M.E. Zeigler , for appellant, cite: Contracts of weak-minded persons: 16 S.C. 334 ; 65 S.C. 558 ; 24 S.C. 1 ; 30 S.C. 473 . Mental capacity: 30 Ency., 574. Opinion of witness to deed: Rogers on Ex. Ev., 156; 18 S.C. 509 ; 24 S.C. 295 ; 33 S.C. 116 . Opinion of doctors not final:
2 L.R.A., 668; 13 Ala., 202 ; Lawson on Ex. Ev., 153. Opinion evidence: 2 L.R.A., 669; 61 Pa., 404 ; 1 Cent. R., 143; 17 N.Y., 340 ; 9 N.Y., 371; 45 Ill., 485 ; 109 III., 175; 115 III., 623; Law on Ex. Ev., 476; 12 Ency., 492, 489; Rogers on Ex. Ev., 164; 1 Whar. Stille Med. Jur., 272. Adjudication of lunacy does not make contracts void: 16 Ency., 607, 606, 611; 30 S.C. 377 ; 20 Abb. N. Cas. (N. Y.), 280; 82 Va., 863 ; 22 Cyc., 1134; 2 L.R.A., 669; 8 Rich. Eq., 286; 36 Ala., 514 ; 52 Me., 304 . Proof of sanity: 4 McC., 183; 71 S.C. 331 ; 16 S.C. 334 ;; 65 S.C. 558 .
Messrs. Raysor Summers, Wolfe Berry and Jas. F. Izlar , contra. Messrs. Raysor Summers and Wolfe Berry cite: Insanity having been shown, it is presumed to continue: 4 S.E., 580; 3 Star. on Ev., 1703; 1 Green. Ev., 842. Deed void: 2 White and Tudor Lead. Eq. Cas., 622; 9 Ency., 12, 123; 11 At. R., 727; 66 L.R.A., 261; 55 W. Va., 490 ; 30 Fed.R., 11; 24 S.C. 1 ; 30 S.C. 473 ; 2 Ency., 194; 1 Story Eq. Jur., sec. 238; 1 McC. Eq., 383; 57 S.C. 413 ; 2 Pom. Eq. Jur., sec. 957; 11 Wheat, 125. Inadequacy of price: Adams Eq., 184; 1 Story Eq., 329a; 2 Ency., 204; 4 DeS., 651; 2 Strob. Eq., 267; 4 S.E., 575. Fraud may be presumed from circumstances: 9 Grat., 330; 2 Mas., 378; 2 Minor Inst., 597; 61 S.C. 506 ; 6 Ves., 266; 94 U.S. 506 .
Woods.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed for the reasons therein stated.