City of New York v. Brinckerhoff

The contention made in behalf of the defendants, that the removal of the incompetent, Brinckerhoff, about ten years ago, by the authorities of Bloomingdale Asylum, from Hew York city, where that institution theretofore had been located, to its present location in Westchester county, effected a change of his domicile, is untenable. The incompetent was removed, together with all the other inmates of the asylum, when the institution removed from Hew York city to Westchester county. The defendant, Ollive, the committee of the lunatic, did not request his removal. He merely acquiesced in the…