EX PARTE WITMER

No. 21769.

247 S.W.2d 547 (1952)

Ex parte WITMER.

Kansas City Court of Appeals. Missouri.

March 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kem, Gordon & Gilmore and Donald W. Johnson, all of Kansas City, for petitioner.

Ewing, Ewing & Ewing, Nevada, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This is an application to this court for writ of habeas corpus. The application states that Gilbert Witmer is unlawfully confined and restrained of his liberty at State Hospital No. 3 for the insane at Nevada, Missouri, by Dr. Paul L. Barone, Medical Superintendent of said Hospital.

The petition alleges that the probate court of Cedar County, Missouri, acquired no jurisdiction to inquire into the sanity of the petitioner because (a) the verified...

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