Jones v. County Board of Mental Health

Although docketed separately, by agreement of the parties this case was consolidated for argument with Hill v. County Board of Mental Health, ante p. 610, 279 N. W. 2d 838 (1979), and is controlled by that case. Myrtle Jones has appealed from an order of the District Court for Douglas County affirming the action of the Douglas County board of mental health finding her to be a mentally ill dangerous person in need of board-ordered treatment. Error is assigned in that it is claimed the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to establish these findings by clear and convincing proof.

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