Clay County v. Adams County

Albert, C.

For .a considerable time previous to June, 1901, a married man resided with his family in Adams county. In that month, he moved to Clay county, taking with him his family and household goods, where he rented a house and went to housekeeping with his family, with the intention of making that county his home.

On the 23d day of August, 1901, upon inquiry duly instituted, the man was found insane and a fit subject for treatment in the hospital for the insane, by the commissioners of insanity of Clay county, and a warrant issued accordingly, in pursuance of which he was placed in such…