Bettenga v. Stewart

The plaintiff, appellant, is an inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane at Independence, Iowa, and the defendant is the superintendent of said institution. Plaintiff’s claim is that since his confinement in that institution on or about the 4th day of March, 1929, he has been, restored to sanity, and is therefore entitled to his discharge. A writ was duly issued in pursuance of his petition by authority of the commissioners of insanity, and answer filed by the defendant in which it is alleged that he holds the custody of the plaintiff by reason of the writ issued by the district court of…