Iwerks v. People

Plaintiff in error, herein referred to as Iwerks, seeks by writ of error to reverse a judgment of the county court of Adams county which denied Iwerks’ petition for his release and discharge from an adjudication declaring Iwerks to be insane and incapable unassisted to properly manage and take care of his property.

It appears that Iwerks was, and for some thirty years had been, a resident of Adams county, Colorado. On the 19th day of February, 1953 he was in the county jail at Brighton, Colorado, charged with disturbance. He had for many years suffered from a glandular trouble and while…