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CHALONER v. SHERMAN

No. 121.

242 U.S. 455 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 136

61 L.Ed. 427

CHALONER v. SHERMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward F. Colladay and Mr. Sidney J. Dudley for the plaintiff in error, Mr. John Armstrong Chaloner, who also filed a brief.

Mr. Joseph H. Choate, Jr., for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks damages for withholding his securities and moneys. The defendant sets up as justification that he received and held the property by virtue of two orders of the Supreme Court of New York appointing him committee of the person and estate of the plaintiff as one "incompetent to manage himself or his affairs." The validity and alleged effect of these orders were denied...

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