Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Dorothy K. Stackhouse
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 15, 1956No. 12815_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
The District of Columbia is appealing from the district court’s finding that ap-pellee was a resident of the District of Columbia, within the meaning of § 21-317, D.C.Code 1951. This statute provides :
“If an insane person be found by the commission, subject to the review of the court, not to be a resident of the District of Columbia, he may be committed by the court to Saint Elizabeths Hospital as a District of Columbia patient until such time as his residence shall have been ascertained. Upon the ascertainment of such insane person’s residence in some other…
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