General Board of State Hospitals for the Insane v. Robertson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Agusta county. Decree for the complainant. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
(after making the foregoing statement), delivered the opinion of the court.
The present suit was instituted by the appellee, A. Stuart Robertson, committee of Joseph S.'Rowe, an insane person, against the Western State Hospital, trustee under the will of Sidney R. Murkland, deceased, the general board and the individual members thereof. The bill alleges that Joseph S. Rowe had been adjudged a lunatic in the county of Augusta, the place of his residence, and had been committed to the Western State Hospital for care, maintenance and treatment, and still is an inmate of that asylum, and that he…
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