| Pa. | Sep 15, 1835

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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