Addis v. Applegate
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clayton District Court. — Hon. W. J. Springer, Judge. Plaintiff, being confined as an inebriate in the Hospital for Insane at Mt. Pleasant, applied to Hon. W. J. Springer, one of the judges of the district court of Clayton county, for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that she had been cured, and was entitled to her liberty, and was being illegally restrained. The judge issued the writ and the plaintiff was brought before him for hearing.
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Appeal from Clayton District Court. — Hon. W. J. Springer, Judge. Plaintiff, being confined as an inebriate in the Hospital for Insane at Mt. Pleasant, applied to Hon. W. J. Springer, one of the judges of the district court of Clayton county, for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that she had been cured, and was entitled to her liberty, and was being illegally restrained. The judge issued the writ and the plaintiff was brought before him for hearing. The defendant, superintendent of the hospital, moved to quash the writ, on the ground that the application was not made to a judge most…
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
*1531- p^fAappiicávenue”1 ‘*¡uflgé lent in°point of distance.” *152— Division I. On the 29th day of April, 1911, the plaintiff was adjudged to be a fit subject for detention and *153treatment at the Iowa State Hospital for Females at Mt. Pleasant, as an inebriate. The order for her detention was made by the district court of Clayton county, and provided that she be cornmitted to and detained in said hospital until , ,Tj .. cured, not exceeding three years. It was made to appear at said hearing that she was addicted to the excessive use of morphine. No question is made about the propriety or sufficiency of…
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