MOORE v. DRAPER


57 So.2d 648 (1952)

MOORE v. DRAPER.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.

March 21, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Moore, pro. per.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Reeves Bowen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Rhydon C. Latham, Jacksonville, for respondent.


MATHEWS, Justice.

This is a case of original jurisdiction.

The petitioner was confined in the Southwest Florida State Sanitarium at Tampa pursuant to a commitment issued by the County Judge of Dade County, under the provisions of Chapter 25241, Laws of 1949, same being Sections 392.17-392.23, F.S.A.

The petitioner claims that the statute in question is unconstitutional and that his confinement thereunder is unlawful, a denial of due process of law...

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