Samuel Freeman Miller,
Norris v. Haggin — Opinion of the Court
“ Even the principle of a court of equity that time does not begin to run against a party on whom a fraud has been committed until that fraud has been discovered can do the plaintiff no good in the present case. ”
Samuel Freeman Miller,
Norris v. Haggin — Opinion of the Court
“ It is sufficient to say that, as a court of equity is governed by the analogies or the statute of limitations of a court of law, and as the object of this suit is to do what generally could be done at law, namely, recover possession of real estate, and as the plaintiff is equally guilty of the laches which a court of equity regards in the same spirit it does the statute of limitation, this unexplained delay after the plaintiff had recovered whatever mental capacity he now has must stand as a sufficient bar to the successful prosecution of this suit. ”
Samuel Freeman Miller,
Norris v. Haggin — Opinion of the Court
“ The bill gives a very lengthy account of what the plaintiff calls a 'fraud and imposition' practiced upon him by the defendants, who had been his agents and attorneys, and who, when he became so enfeebled in mind as to be incapable of understanding his rights, or attending to business at all, procured from him conveyances and mortgages and other instruments in writing, by means of which they secured the title to over $1,500,000 worth of property, principally real estate. ”
