Edson v. Hammond
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James Bartlett Hammond, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of June, "1910, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the- same day denying the .defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
In April, 1907, Thomas Hammond sought to have his brother, the defendant herein, adjudged a lunatic, and presented his petition' to that end in the Sifpreme Court. To take charge of the medical side of the case Dr. Pearce Bailey, an alienist, was employed by Thomas Hammond, and Dr. Bailey employed many other alienists who acted under his direction, reported to him, and were active in the examination of defendant in the effort to secure evidence of his alleged insanity-.- On April 23, 1907,. the'f defendant was arrested at his apartments in the Cumberland Hotel in New York city,…
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