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7 Ind. 353

Gillespie v. Thompson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 26, 1855

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1855-12-26

<p>A person under guardianship as a lunatic, can not, under the R. S. 1852, on Ins personal application, hare the fact of Ms restoration to sound mind tried and determined.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1877

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Decided 1855-12-26

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Perkins, J.

¶1John N. Gillespie was, upon the verdict of a jury, declared a lunatic, and John A. Thompson was appointed his guardian.

¶2Subsequently, in July, 1855, said John N. Gillespie filed his petition in the Decatur Common Pleas, alleging that he had become of sound mind, and asking to be declared discharged from his disability as a lunatic.

¶3On motion of Thompson, his formerly appointed guardian, the Court dismissed the petition of Gillespie.

¶4We think the Court did right.

¶5Section 2, p. 333, 2 R. S. 1852, provides that “whenever any person shall, by statement in writing, represent to the Court,” &c., “in,” &c., “that any inhabitant of,” &c., “is a person of unsound mind,” &c., “ such Court shall,” &c.

¶6Section 10 of the same chapter enacts, that “whenever it is alleged that such person of unsound mind has become *354of sound mind again, the fact may be tried and determined in the same manner as the allegation of the unsoundness of mind,” &c.

I Rymcm, for the appellant.B. W. Wilson, for the appellee.

¶7We think the allegation of restoration to soundness of mind, should be made to the Court by some person other than the person under guardianship as a lunatic.

Per Curiam.

¶8The judgment is affirmed.

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