Hardy v. MacKinnon

Bell, Judge.

Plaintiff by next friend petitioned the Superior Court of Bibb County, Georgia, seeking his release from the Milledgeville State Hospital on the ground that the cause of his commitment no longer exists, that he is sane and that discharge would not be a source of danger to himself or others. Although plaintiff was committed to the hospital upon a commitment from the court of ordinary under the terms of the Mental Health Act (Ga. L. 1960, pp. 837, 842; Code Ann. § 88-1606), he seeks to proceed here not under the remedy authorized by the Mental Health Act, but under that provided by…