Commonwealth v. Reeves

Citations

• 140 Pa. 258
• 21 A. 315
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 838

Syllabus

<p>(a) A return to a commission de lunático inquirendo reported a finding that, although the respondent in the proceeding was not a lunatic, yet, by reason of age, ignorance, and feeble condition of mind and body, she was deemed unfit to manage her estate judiciously, and “ does not enjoy lucid intervals: ”</p> <p>1. Such a return could not be sustained under the act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 592, nor would it warrant the appointment of a committee to take charge of the person and estate of the alleged lunatic. To divide the costs between the petitioner and the alleged lunatic, was, in this case, in the exercise of a proper discretion.</p>