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IN RE J.W.

44 N.J. Super. 216 (1957)

130 A.2d 64

IN THE MATTER OF J.W. FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. J.W., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. DR. RUFUS R. LITTLE, AS SUPERINTENDENT OF BERGEN PINES HOSPITAL, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 15, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton T. Lasher argued the cause for defendant-appellant.

Mr. Albert S. Gross argued the cause for plaintiff-respondent (Mr. Nelson G. Gross, attorney).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, FREUND and CONFORD.

The opinion of the court was delivered by CONFORD, J.A.D.

We are concerned here with the legality of certain proceedings leading to the temporary confinement of a young woman, J.W., in the Bergen Pines County Hospital, a county institution, in June 1956. She was discharged on the return of a writ of habeas corpus by the Law Division, Bergen County, after a hearing. The defendant superintendent of the hospital...

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