State of Tennessee v. Barton

Minor W. Milwee, Justice.

Dr. D. S. Barton and his wife, Loretta Barton, were residents of Hot Springs, Garland county, Arkansas, in 1918 when she became insane. Loretta Barton was reared in Nashville, Tennessee, where her mother still resided on June 21, 1920,' when Mrs. Barton was committed to the Central State Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee,, by order of the county court of Davidson county. She was admitted to the Tennessee hospital as a thii’d class, or private pay, patient and the order of commitment recites the appointment of Mrs. Barton's mother as her guardian. The order also found:…