Congleton v. Sansom

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “involuntary manslaughter does not require intent and so does not, under common law principles, disqual- ify the perpetrator from taking an interest in property devolving as a result”
• acquittal on criminal charges based on insanity does not foreclose same evidence from meeting lesser civil standard under homicide probate statute
• “In the law, there are many situations in which a person may intentionally injure or kill another and not be subject to criminal punishment. For example, an individual may kill in self-defense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).