Higgins v. State

OPINION MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Pursuant to a sworn application for temporary hospitalization filed by her husband, and following a hearing before the trial court without a jury, Wanda Jean Higgins was committed to the Wichita Falls State Hospital for a period of not more than ninety days.

By her appeal Mrs. Higgins contends that the County Court at Law No. 2 lacked the .jurisdiction to hear the application, and that, consequently, the order of commitment is void.

We affirm.

Is the County Court at Law No. 2 of Tarrant County a “probate court” for the purposes of the commitment ordered? If it is,…