Shea v. Gehan

Edward F. Shea, a non-resident of Georgia, while a patient in the Hnited States Veterans Bureau Hospital in Richmond County sought to be discharged therefrom. Thomas P. Gehan petitioned the court of ordinary of Richmond County to have Shea adjudged insane and incompetent, and therefore subject to be committed to the veterans hospital. At the hearing Edward F. Shea appeared by guardian ad litem in opposition to the petition, and filed pleadings in which he urged that the court of ordinary of Richmond County did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter of the petition, and denied that he was…