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DOOLING v. OVERHOLSER

No. 13499.

243 F.2d 825 (1957)

Genevieve R. DOOLING, Appellant, v. Winfred OVERHOLSER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1957.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 6, 1957.

Supplemental Opinion May 6, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel S. D. Marsh, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Richard S. T. Marsh, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Alfred Burka, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FAHY, DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing in Banc Denied May 6, 1957.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

After proceedings initiated under the applicable statutory provisions, set forth at length in our Code, § 21-306 et seq., D.C.Code 1951, appellant on September 2, 1954, was decreed by the District Court to be of unsound mind. By the same decree she was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital until such time as she might be safely discharged therefrom or returned to the State of her residence...

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