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STRICKLAND v. PEACOCK

34408, 34409.

88 Ga. App. 384 (1953)

77 S.E.2d 20

STRICKLAND v. PEACOCK, Superintendent, etc.; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady C. Pittard, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Lamar Sizemore, Geo. E. Sims, Jr., Assistant Attorneys-General, M. H. Blackshear, Jr., A. J. Hartley, Deputy Assistant Attorneys-General, contra.

FELTON, J.

1. The court erred in sustaining the plea to the jurisdiction. Strickland v. Peacock, 209 Ga. 773.

2. An inmate of the Milledgeville State Hospital may file in his own name a petition under Code §§ 35-236 and 35-237. In fact no formal petition for a trial is required. If in fact an affidavit by a friend or relative is a prerequisite to such a trial, to the effect that the alleged cause of commitment...

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