Legal Opinion

State v. Servier

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 4, 1914No. 20833PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from Ninth Judicial District Court, Parish of Madison; F. X. Ransdell, Judge. In the matter of the interdiction of Mrs. Frankie Turpin Servier. From a judgment finding defendant insane, she appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

The defendant was found to be insane, and was committed to the hospital for the insane at Jackson, La. The proceedings had were pursuant to Act No. 253 of 1910, under which the presiding judge, the coroner of the parish, and another reputable physician constituted a commission to inquire whether the person brought before them be insane and a suitable subject for a hospital for her care and treatment.

The defendant has appealed, and relies for reversal on an exception to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that the defendant was not a resident of the parish of Madison. ,

Section 1 of the…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Sevier v. SevierSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917

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