Legal Opinion
Snyder v. Faget
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 9, 1976No. SC 1190PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHORES, Justice.
Plaintiff Paul Snyder was committed to a state mental institution as prescribed by Title 45, § 208 et seq., Code of Alabama 1940, before that summary procedure was declared unconstitutional on its face in Lynch v. Baxley, 386 F.Supp. 378 (M.D.N.D.Ala.1974).
He filed suit against Dr. Guy E. Faget, James W. Renkl, George M. Bellman, and Mildred Z. Snyder, claiming in one count that Dr. Faget, negligently or with reckless indifference to the consequences, willfully or wantonly gave testimony to the Probate Court of Mobile County that the plaintiff was insane, when in fact…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- Vegelahn v. GuntnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Mezullo v. MaletzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- O'BARR v. FeistSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Barber v. StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
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