Kendall v. People

Plaintiff in error was respondent in a lunacy proceeding instituted in the county court of the City and County of Denver on the 10th day of January, 1950, by which he was adjudged insane, and on January 30, 1950 was committed to the Colorado State Hospital at Pueblo.

Alleging that the county court of the City and County of Denver was without jurisdiction in the premises and that his committment was therefore illegal and void, counsel for respondent filed a petition on May 15, 1952 in said court, seeking revocation of the committment order; a dismissal of the lunacy proceeding; and that he be…