Supreme Court of Vermont October 15, 1886 (Stewart v. Flint)

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The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rowell, J.

The deed in question was given on June 14, 1882, and it appears — among other things — that from about 1877 or 1878, the intestate had had spells of pain in her head— probably due to a gradual softening of the brain — when she •was partially, and sometimes wholly, incapacitated from apprehending or doing any business; and at her