Wilson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; Edward Dwyer, Judge. Application by E. J. Wilson for the release of E. J. Wilson, Jr., from an insane asylum under Rev. St. 1895, art. 140. From a judgment denying relief, the applicant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPrendergast, J.
This is an application by E. J. Wilson, the father, natural guardian, and next friend of the appellant, to the Thirty-Seventh district court of Bexai county, Tex., to procure the release of the appellant from the Southwestern Insane Asylum at San Antonio, under article 140, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. That article is as follows: “No warrant to convey a lunatic to the asylum shall issue if some relative or friend of the lunatic will undertake, before the county judge, his care and restraint, and will execute a bond in a sum to be fixed by the county judge, payable to the state, with two…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Guagando v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1874
- Ex parte WalkerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ex Parte FraileyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Ex parte MorganCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1966