Arendt, Sheriff v. Carter, by Next Fr.

Certified questions from the Eastland Court of Civil Appeals. Herron Carter was adjudged insane upon a trial in the county court of Shackelford county. His mother as next friend made proper application to the county judge to have the amount of bond fixed, as provided by Article 5558, R. C. S., to the end that she might take charge of her son. The county judge denied the application, apparently because he deemed Herron Carter too dangerous to be safely released in charge of his mother. After such refusal the mother, on behalf of her son, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the…