In Re Taylor

Mae Elizabeth Taylor is an inmate of the Atlantic County Hospital for the Insane. The writ in this matter is sued out by her husband, Bernard Taylor. The return is that the said Mae Elizabeth Taylor is detained by reason of a writ of commitment made by the Honorable William H. Smathers, judge of the court of common pleas of Atlantic county.

Upon call of the petitioner, the county produced the copy of the several papers and the proceedings. An examination of the original request for the patient's commitment, showed that, although purporting to have been made by Bernard Taylor, and although…