Legal Opinion
Douglas v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 29, 1945No. Claim No. 27822PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.
This is an action for damages for the alleged false imprisonment of the claimant in the St. Lawrence State *522Hospital, a hospital for the insane owned and operated by the State at OgdensburgyN. Y. '
On January 6, 1944, the Special Surrogate of St. Lawrence County made an order adjudging claimant insane and directing that he be committed to the St. Lawrence State Hospital. Annexed to the order of commitment was the petition of claimant’s wife setting forth facts upon which the application was based and a certificate of two qualified examiners in lunacy stating that claimant was mentally sick and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Rudd v. HazardNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Seymour v. MercerNew York Supreme Court · 1856
3Cited by35 opinions
- Warner v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Nuernberger v. State of NYNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Miller v. Director, Middletown State HospitalDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- Fishbein v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Troutman v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
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