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nold v. Iron Works, 1 Gray (Mass.) 434; HOVEY v. HOBSON, 53 Me. 451, 89 Am. Dec. 705, Throckmorton, Cas. Contracts. 149; Riley v. Carter, 76 Md. 581, 25 Atl. 667, 19 L. R. A. 489, 35 Am. St. Rep. 443; Ætna Life Ins. Co. v. Sellers, 154 Ind. 370, 56 N. E. 97, 77 Am. St. Rep. 481. Contra In Alabama. Walker v. Winn, 142 Ala. 560, 39 South. 12, 110 Am. St. Rep. 50, 4 Ann. Cas. 537, where it is said: "Whatever may be the rulings of other jurisdictions upon the question, this court is fully committed to the doctrine that the contract of an insane person is absolutely void." See "Insane Persons," Deo. Dig. (Key-No.) § 61; Gent. Dig. §§ 93-99.
28 Harmon v. Harmon (C. C.) 51 Fed. 113; Allen v. Berryhlll, 27 Iowa, 534, 1 Am. Rep. 309; San Francisco Credit Clearing-House v. McDonald, 18 Cal. App. 212, 122 Pac. 964 (holding that the other party may not avoid the contract even under a statute declaring that "a person entirely without understanding has no power to make a contract of any kind"). See "Insane Persons," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 61; Cent. Dig. §§ 93-99.
29 Wait v. Maxwell, 5 Pick. (Mass.) 217, 16 Am. Dec. 391; Leonard v. Leonard, 14 Pick. (Mass.) 2S0; Rannels v. Gerner, 80 Mo. 474; Fitzhugh v. Wilcox, 12 Barb. (N. Y.) 235; Bradbury v. Place (Me.) 10 Atl. 461; Mohr v. Tulip, 40 Wis. 66; Griswold v. Butler, 3 Conn. 227. Where the guardian was discharged as being an unsuitable person, and no other guardian was appointed, the decree adjudging the ward insane was not conclusive as to his incapacity after the guardian's discharge. Willwerth v. Leonard, 156 Mass. 277, 31 N. E. 299. See "Insane Persons," Deo. Dig. (Key-No.) § 26; Cent. Dig. § 36.
30 Knox v. Haug, 48 Minn. 58, 50 N. W. 934; Leinss v. Weiss, 33 Ind. App. 344, 71 N. E. 254. "His discharge as cured is as much a notice of the fact that he is sane as the inquest and admission to the asylum is notice of his insanity." Henley, J., in Leinss v. Weiss, supra. See "Insane Persons," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 26; Cent. Dig. § 36.
31 As to this, see Mott v. Mott, 49 N. J. Eq. 192, 22 Atl. 997; Hart v. Dea-mer, 6 Wend. (N. Y.) 497; Parker v. Davis, 53 N. C. 4G0; Hopson v. Boyd, 6 B. Mon. (Ky.) 296; Snook v. Watts, 11 Beav. 105; In re Gangwere's Es.

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