State v. Snow

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

This appeal stems from a proceeding in the Franklin Prohate Court, brought on the relation of the State of Arkansas against appellee, ~W. F. Snow, under the provisions of Act No. 161 of the Arkansas Legislature of 1955. The effort was to have Appellee Snow committed to the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium, since the claim was made that he had tuberculosis in an active and communicable stage, was unwilling to voluntarily submit to medical treatment, and was living in environmental conditions that made appellee a source of danger to others.

The proceeding was…