State ex rel. Taylor v. Wurdeman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. W. McElhinney, Judge. (1) Under the statute any person has the right to inform the probate court that there is a person of unsound mind in its county, and upon such information it is the duty of the probate court to proceed to a hearing as provided by statute to ascertain whether the person complained of is sane or insane. This information can' be made by an “unofficial person.” Sess.
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Appeal from St. Louis County Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. W. McElhinney, Judge. (1) Under the statute any person has the right to inform the probate court that there is a person of unsound mind in its county, and upon such information it is the duty of the probate court to proceed to a hearing as provided by statute to ascertain whether the person complained of is sane or insane. This information can' be made by an “unofficial person.” Sess. Acts 1903, p. 200: R. S. 1899, secs. 3650 et seq. (2) It is the duty of the public administrator, as public guardian, to take into his charge and custody…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
This is a proceeding to compel the judge of the probate court of St. Louis county to reinstate and hear an information filed in said court by the relator D. C. Taylor, public administrator of said county, stating Mrs. Melissa Connor is of unsound mind and incapable of attending to her own affairs, and asking that *267an inquiry concerning her mental condition he held. The probate court dismissed said proceeding M'ay 30, 1907, on the ground of a. prior adjudication concerning the insanity of Mrs. Connor by the probate court of Jasper county, wherein she was adjudged to be of unsound mind and…
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