Legal Opinion
In re Lehr
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1940PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrower, J.
The State Department of Mental Hygiene moves for an order directing the Manhattan Safe Deposit Company, in the presence of a representative of the department, to search or cause to be searched a safe deposit box leased by one Emma Lehr in the vaults of said bank for any personal property belonging to her, and to permit its representative to make a list thereof.
On or about February 6, 1940, Emma Lehr was regularly committed to Brooklyn State Hospital as a mentally sick person, and continues to be a patient in that institution. She has never been judicially declared incompetent and no committee…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dwight v. . Germania Life Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Sanford v. RichardsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re MatsonNew York Supreme Court · 1944
- Sackler v. SacklerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962