Schutte v. Douglass
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the plaintiff from the denial, by the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, of her application to set aside an order of said court committing her to a sanitarium in Stamford, and also a decree of said court appointing a conservator over her and her estate, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Shumway, J.; facts found and judgment rendered confirming the action of the Court of Probate, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal by the plaintiff from the denial, by the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, of her application to set aside an order of said court committing her to a sanitarium in Stamford, and also a decree of said court appointing a conservator over her and her estate, taken to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Shumway, J.; facts found and judgment rendered confirming the action of the Court of Probate, from which the plaintiff appealed. Mr. and Mrs. Mattern, the appellees, are husband and wife, and Mrs. Schutte, the appellant, is a sister of Mrs. Mattern. Prior to…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The contention of the appellant has been that upon the facts as they should have been found the court erred. Our study of the evidence has failed to convince us that the court committed error either in finding material and relevant facts contrary to the evidence, or in refusing to find such facts.
The appellant, Mrs. Schutte, was committed to Dr. Givens’ sanitarium by order of the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford, pursuant to General Statutes, § 2744. That section gives the Court of Probate for any probate district of this State power to commit, after hearing had, one who is found…
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