Taylor v. Thompson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on November 13, 1918, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the judge of the Probate Court for the county of Franklin, commanding him to disregard or to dismiss a claim of appeal from an order made by him committing Kostanti Nadolny, a minor child, to the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded.
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Petition, filed on November 13, 1918, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the judge of the Probate Court for the county of Franklin, commanding him to disregard or to dismiss a claim of appeal from an order made by him committing Kostanti Nadolny, a minor child, to the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded. The case was heard by Crosby, J., who ruled that Kostanti Nadolny had no legal right of appeal from the finding and order of the judge of the Probate Court, that his rights, constitutional and otherwise, were not infringed because such appeal does not lie, but that his liberty and all…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to command the respondent, the judge of probate for the county of Franklin, to disregard or to dismiss a claim of appeal made in a proceeding under St. 1909, c. 504, § 63, as amended by St. 1916, c. 122, § 1, and St. 1917, c. 223, § 1, wherein Kostanti Nadolny, a minor child, on October 22, 1918, was adjudged to be feeble minded and ordered committed to the Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded. The petition further alleges that the said Kostanti, by his attorney and by his father as next friend, filed with the respondent a claim of appeal, and…
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