State Ex Rel. Leonidas v. Larson

This is an application for a writ of certiorari to have annulled the proceedings of respondents wherein relator was adjudged insane, ordered to be confined to the State Hospital for the Insane, which proceedings were approved by the respondent district court by appropriate order. Prior to the filing of his application for this writ, relator was paroled and released from the hospital.

The hearing relative to relator’s sanity was conducted by the respondent Larson, as chairman of the board of county commissioners, under the provisions of sections 1431 to 1443, both inclusive, of the Revised…