Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Thomson v. Clifford
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1919No. 15139PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Application for a writ of mandamus, filed in the supreme court, November 22, 1918, to compel the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., to proceed with habeas corpus proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandate to require the lower court to proceed with the trial of an application for a writ of habeas corpus.
In the year 1915 the relator was adjudged insane by the superior court of Chehalis county, and committed to the Western Hospital for the Insane in *17Pierce county. On October 25, 1918, tbe relator filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, in the superior court of Pierce county, alleging that his detention therein was illegal for the following reasons:
“(1) That your petitioner is sane and not unsafe to be at large.
“ (2) That being sane and safe…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- In re ChartrandWashington Supreme Court · 1918
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