Legal Opinion
In Re Cornell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 5, 1941PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSherburne, J.
On April 23, 1936, Helen B. Cornell was admitted to, and detained in, tbe Brattleboro Betreat upon a certificate that she was insane and dangerous made by two physicians. On November 21, 1940, while she was still detained, Minnie M. Beard, as her next friend, filed a petition in the probate court for an appeal from the decision of the physicians certifying to her insanity, and therein prayed for a trial by jury under the provisions of P. L. 4038. This petition, among other things, shows that said Cornell was already at the Retreat when she was examined by the physicians, and was confined…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. AuclairSupreme Court of Vermont · 1939
- In re AllenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1909
- State v. Clement National BankSupreme Court of Vermont · 1911
- Sorrell v. WhiteSupreme Court of Vermont · 1931
- Clifford v. West Hartford Creamery Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1931
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Matter of PaquetteSupreme Court of Vermont · 1942
- Elliott v. Vermont State Fish & Game CommissionSupreme Court of Vermont · 1951
- Proulx v. ParrowSupreme Court of Vermont · 1948
- State v. AldrichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1961
- American Oil Company v. State Highway BoardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1962
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