The Armstrong case / by Theo. W. Fisher.
- Fisher, Theodore W. (Theodore Willis), 1837-1914.
- Date:
- 1886
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Armstrong case / by Theo. W. Fisher. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[Reprint from The Alienist and Neurologist, Jan., 1886.] The Armstrong Case.'' By Theo. W. Fisher, M. D., Boston, Mass. 'I ''HE legal inquiry into the mental condition of the widow of Gov. Armstrong was one of the most inter- esting events in the recent history of medical jurisprudence m this State. The formerly high social position of Mrs Armstrong, her husband’s fame as ex-Mayor of Boston' and ex-Governor of Massachusetts, in those elder davs when high office implied high honor; the amount of money involved; the amount alienated from its natural line of descent into the hands of her business adviser- and the array of eminent legal talent on both sides, made the case memorable from many points of view * The case was not a contest to set aside her will as no W.1I was ever executed, though the subject was often eonstdered and several drafts made. It was a bill “ equity, brought by A. S. Wheeler Esn ^ against Mrs^Armstrong's former business adviser anTavent'’ :am“or;fr'^ftr/hf a.ent accounting each ,ear“Z hHorc: ns^T.tt nd payments on her account, and receiving the balance as a present w.th a receipt in full, dictated by Mrs A and signed by her. The case was tried in <? ' . u ' and October, 1883, the trial lasting three weeS ^’f se“ltR. M'.”Mmse’a^d W. w vTughn“J' Z' Gov. Armstrong died in 1850, childless • estate of 1,50,000 to his widow, advising her ^1,''® m up the style of living *~ — . — •K..a uerw. _](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22382355_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
