Weber v. Young

The most that can be said against the form of plaintiffs commitment to the Milwaukee County Hospital for Chronic Insane is that upon its face it does not disclose an exact and literal following of the wording of sec. 52.03 (2), Stats. 1927. The statute provided for the commitment of feeble-minded persons to either of two state institutions and for their transfer by the state board of control (department of public welfare) to county hospitals when the state colony and training schools were crowded. It appears from the pleadings that both state institutions were congested in 1928 and that the…