People ex rel. Flagg v. Lengyel

In a habeas corpus proceeding to obtain the relator’s release from Louden Hall (a hospital), the director of that institution appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated January 25, 1963, and made after a non jury trial, which sustained the writ and discharged the relator from the appellant’s custody “ upon the ground that the [relator] * * * is mentally competent and capable of taking care of herself, her property and her affairs ”. Order affirmed, without costs. We do not regard the court’s stated reasons for sustaining the writ as in any way constituting an…