The insane person,1 or his guardian,2 or his heirs,3 or the personal representative of a lunatic may avoid his contracts.4 But the adversary party cannot avoid them ;5 nor can a third person. Thus, where A, who was insane, telegraphed to B to send money to C, A's attorney, to whom it was due for services, and B sent it, it was held that B could not recover from C.6 Any conduct which clearly shows an intention to avoid is sufficient. Thus an ejectment suit,7 or an equity suit to quiet title,8 or to relieve against forfeiture,9 or a conveyance to another grantee, made after grantor has regained his sanity,10 are sufficient to operate as a disaffirmance.

35 Stockmeyer v. Tobin, 139 U. S. 176; Rhoades v. Fuller, 139 Mo. 179; 40 S. W. 760. So of a conveyance. Gingrich v. Rogers, - Neb - ; 96 N. W. 156.

36 Jurgens v. Ittman, 47 La. Ann. 367; 16 So. 952.

37 Schmidt v. Ittman, 46 La. Ann. 888; 15 So. 310.

38 Wooley v. Gaines, 114 Ga. 122; 88 Am. St. Rep. 22; 39 S. E. 892; Gibson v. Soper, 6 Gray (Mass.) 279; 66 Am. Dec. 414; Hovey v. Hobson, 53 Me. 451; 89 Am. Dec. 705.

39 Seaver v. Phelps, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 304, 306; 22 Am. Dec. 372; quoted in Brigham v. Fayerweather, 144 Mass. 48, 52; 10 N. E. 735.

40 See Sec. 901. 89

1 Luffboro v. Foster, 92 Ala. 477; 9 So. 281.

2 Hull v. Louth, 109 Ind. 315; 58 Am. Rep. 405; 10 N. E. 270; Reason v. Jones, 119 Mich. 672; 78 N. W. 899.

3 Downham v. Holloway, 158 Ind. 626; 92 Am. St. Rep. 330; 64 N. E. 82; (conveyance of realty).

4 Orr v. Equitable Mortgage Co., 107 Ga. 499; 33 S. E. 708.

5 Harmon v. Harmon, 51 Fed. 113; Allen v. Berryhill, 27 Ia. 534; 1 Am. Rep. 309; Atwell v. Jenkins, 163 Mass. 362; 47 Am. St. Rep. 463; 28 L. R. A. 694; 40 N. E. 178.

6 Atwell v. Jenkins, 163 Mass. 362; 47 Am. St. Rep. 463; 28 L. R. A. 694; 40 N. E. 178.