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UNSOUND MIND

A person of unsound mind is an adult who from infirmity of mind is incapable of managing himself or his af-fairs. The term, therefore, includes insane persons, idiots, and Imbeciles. Sweet. See INSANITY. And see Cheney v. Price, 00 Hun, 238, 37 N. Y. Supp. 117; In re Black’s Estate, 1 Myr. Prob. (Cal.) 24; In re Mason, 3 Edw. Ch. (N. Y.) 380; Hart v. Miller, 29 Ind. App. 222, 04 N. E. 239; In re Llndsley, 44 N. J. Eq. 564, 15 Atl. 1, 6 Am. St. Rep. 913; Dennett v. Dennett, 44 N. H. 531, 84 Am. Dec. 97; Edwards v. Davenport (C. C.) 20 Fed. 758; Witte v. Gilbert, 10 Xeb. 539, 7 N. W. 288; Stewart v. Lispeuard, 26 Wend. (N. Y.) 300.

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