New York Court of Appeals

Elsie Finch, Respondents v. David Goldstein, Appellant

May 31, 1927245 N.Y. 300

Summary

The Court held that a deed executed by a person who has been committed under the Insanity Law but not yet adjudicated incompetent is merely voidable, not void, and therefore the foreclosure sought by the committee was proper. The order of commitment alone does not divest the individual of capacity to convey property.