Steel v. Young

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Steel v. Young

4 Watts 459

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedSeptember 15, 1835

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Steel v. Young, 4 Watts 459 (Pa. 1835).

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Per Curiam.

—A person found to be an habitual drunkard is not civilly dead, so as to transfer his rights and responsibilities to his trustees as administrators. The inquisition devolves on them the same duties that an inquisition of lunacy devolves on his com, mittee, who are certainly not chargeable with his actions. So far is this principle carried, that such committee cannot sue, even inequity, without making him a party, It is impossible to sustain the present action,

Judgment reversed.

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Per Curiam.

—A person found to be an habitual drunkard is not civilly dead, so as to transfer his rights and responsibilities to his trustees as administrators. The inquisition devolves on them the same duties that an inquisition of lunacy devolves on his com, mittee, who are certainly not chargeable with his actions. So far is this principle carried, that such committee cannot sue, even inequity, without making him a party, It is impossible to sustain the present action,

Judgment reversed.

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