Mallory v. Virginia Colony for Feeble-Minded

Per Curiam :

The proceeding in this case raises the single question, whether the judge of the Hustings Court of the city of Rich*207mond had jurisdiction of the person of the petitioner so as to empower the former to enter the order of October 31, 1917, under which the defendant holds its custody and control of the petitioner. The decision of this question depends upon the proper construction of Acts of Assembly, 1916, page 662 et seq., entitled “An act to define feeble-mindedness and to provide for the examination, legal commitment, and the custody and care of feeble-minded persons, and their…