Summary

Special plea – prescription – prescriptive period under section 6 of the Government Proceedings and Contracts Act of 1965 – Interruption by mental disorder - whether the prescriptive period under this legislation is subject to the provisions of prescription Act of 1861.  If yes, whether the evidence satisfactorily establishes that at the material time, the deceased’s disorder rendered him incapable of managing his own affairs or validly concluding contracts.