In re Wertz

OPINION

By HUNSICKER J:

On March 10, 1951, Ivan C. Wertz filed an affidavit in the Probate *409Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, alleging that his daughter Bette Z. Wertz (age 24) was “mentally ill and in need of treatment.”

On March 20 1951, a medical certificate signed by “David Sprague. M. D.” was filed in the Probate Court. This certificate indicated that Dr Sprague had examined Bette Z. Wertz at “Windsor Sanitarium,” and that Bette Z. Wertz was then mentally ill. The file of original papers transmitted to this court from the Probate Court also contains a report signed by “Maurice H. Berg, Deputy…