Teubner v. State

Streissguth, Justice.

This proceeding was commenced in 1942 by two friends of Mrs. Rose Masters to have her restored to capacity after she had been adjudged feeble-minded and committed as such to a state school. The probate court, after hearing the testimony of petitioners and two other lay witnesses in support of the petition for restoration, granted a motion to “disallow” it on the ground that “none of the witnesses were experts in mental cases.” On appeal, the district court, after hearing both lay and expert testimony, pro and con, found that Mrs. Masters was feeble-minded, and in all…