, 1875-07-04
SANE OR INSANE.
.rfst Constitutes Ability to mako
q VIII.
s61 suprreme Court Is Not Inclined to
Be too Rigid.


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tuTo - -,,;on 90 v;11 1;tiata ! v;,, Th;f
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rscity sod uno1e s1unaeneo w tae l'a's VI a1s
e. ,tfe On the trial it was shown that about
~. ~ rs.1s before bis death be had para1ytic
Ro w. x-on x,,;cb he aecrned ia rocoyer An.
su'A't .a,;o,. one in tha an,nmer NJ 1871
oaher nore eeiaou' o'o - 'ao "a1e4 "a M toh'
ard third which WAS 1atai IN Januafy, 1917.
-. .} was made shortly before the second
-" - 1,raiveia. and the codici1 eeyeraf
euoAo " Tia ;nrv dar;da3 +ba u;,1 IN ba
ponshh a1eet Il" ~ 1 ''@o "'-1 ~ ~
mid, but the coa1e'3 'o4o' ..
An appeal was then taken to the supreme
1.x,,t xhen the decision Of the Court below MAS
Co~~ n oivinc their oo,ninn TIM Snprsme
anun01 80 .ha,a
Corrt Faa AnAs '4o1o 49,"
aREAf DIVERSITY OF OPINION
e,nonk the witnesses as to the testasors mental
-..d,t;on. and their differences seemed to be
o'D'~ .r,~ jrananrad hv A contrarfetv of
hdnest soo onle lA1 a..s. ~ r....ana1. .~as
Judgment euca "i'1o4a' ~ aons
The naes Of men hs to @hat constituted ansahl-
=, +nr tubecility had always existed.
T,-ons theories had been propoundcd,
'A''oo III. ,,a eo,na ;nn-,c,icah1a 0ra
some Pi1eues ~" !;
lest which hao oeen @oop'eo os souue "a7 'nat
,.uity must be regarded as Straight line, and
n dad.tiops from It would prove insanity in
,a +o 41e extent nf denarture
toe oek40G ;A.....;tr N re,aon 1ooics11v ho,b
~: tne ,nsav1' ~ indnc.;veir ~ Va. av;denca ~
dedocuFely Anu 1.nt sI+ r ~ aato,
INSANITY, oIa wt;t. ~ th.t nisbt ha t71a nh;;o.
capsc't?; WINS !. aId eu na.ar ho eanr,od gN ~
sofnicans' ses ~ 49, ~ sFs;-a er,onr nsn
Large numbers o. pe1sons s+ wers 20 nnoe oe fee9 @
whose manas ~ in;os,ir nUs ro'ther dsdnctver nnr
*ho Eeasoneo 4oGiea'. .o, ro- .;o-;tr - e-,I ~
DductlseE On ~, o. eFfm fann ~ e ah,s ~ sao
be- ana eineen' t ntne th.t ~ rc1a % % sa.ad
tur*ci:s Of nie; Adopt,ne thas , rue as sla,ea, @
but feW ~oula Dc lo1t'u uo eaue ~ " nA'o
Esntal capacity acco1ai2E ~ 'na. rr.e e'$Ale1a'
SOM FAA:t1.A - t5t - T. sn..x
Eust oe aoopteo W "1Iu w. ~ uesnt ,oeo rs
whether men were " ne neIu tsponfAol9 hen3, ~
their acte, ana "netne1 1nen cgntia.1s enoo.u %
en1orceu. anu "netues p.er4feis oeIu!ato Aeeo!a~
ing to tho JAWS OF mlnu OF no!. puote ueGeSsi1g
required the adoption o. que tnat pest SUD
erred the interests ana "eli-ne1ns OF SOCIETY,".
Until human ntture advanced 10 efeatlv moro
~ --f....3 '-;tho, :.4ox-,:n.
not be adopted and enforced "!thoas lp'efnlha-
nle eon!us'on anou'ltf ~ 0"AAss' - "He' ~
fact believed by nanF 3has
NO FIXED ntLE
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i. E.es 'ssIe.s " I snal ~ ptes'so
a.aar con,d ,,a nrnnonrdnd !, va. a nnnst;nn
,1' y W.; .h. Gou'a . pe p.oponnueh "a0 queSoon
=: =. 100 1u'e ~. ~ y. 20 49, WV
n a. ,;sn % r,na,1e nf making a valid viii, It WIZ
pt required that be should possess higher ca
actty for that than Tor the transaction