Williamson v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of Arapahoe County,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
An application was made to the county court of Arapahoe county, asking for an order to send William T. House to the Keeley Institute, at Denver, Colorado, at the expense of the county, for treatment and cure, as a drunkard, under the provisions of chapter 74, Sess. Laws 1895. The proceeding is in conformity with the requirements of the act, and the facts disclosed in the record clearly bring the case within its provisions. The court below denied the order solely upon the ground that the statute was unconstitutional, and this is the only question presented for our determination.
The act, by its…
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