Warner v. State of New York

Fred Warner was a fairly successful farmer owning and operating a farm in Madison County, New York. He was married in 1924, and continued to live with his wife and one child until 1944, when the events which gave rise to this action occurred. His marital life had been increasingly disturbed by domestic troubles between himself on one side and his wife and mother-in-law on the other.

On June 18,1£)44, the wife called upon the town health officer — who happened to be the family physician — and complained about claimant’s behavior and mental condition. She described her husband as a man of…