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DUVALL v. HUMPHREY

No. 8971.

153 F.2d 798 (1946)

DUVALL v. HUMPHREY.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 25, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren E. Miller, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Ralph A. Cusick, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from orders of the District Court which adjudged appellant to be of unsound mind and harmless and appointed a committee of her person and estate.

Appellant is a woman 86 years old. Appellee, her niece, filed a petition for a writ de lunatico inquirendo and for appointment of a committee.1 The court referred the petition to the Commission on Mental Health.2

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