Douglas v. Hall

Legge, Justice.

By order of the Probate Court for. Greenville. County dated March 25, 1955, respondent was adjudged insane and committed to the custody of appellant, Superintendent of *553the State Hospital. The order was issued pursuant to Section 32-912 of the 1952 Code, 1955 Supplement, upon application by respondent’s wife, and after examination of respondent by two designated physicians. Less than three months thereafter he applied to the Judge of the Richland County Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging in his petition therefor that he had been illegally committed and “is presently…