MATTER OF ANONYMOUS NO. 13


6 Misc.2d 596 (1957)

In the Matter of the Application for Certification of Anonymous No. 13 to a State Mental Institution as an Alleged Mentally Ill Person.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Kings County.

February 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance of counsel.


BENJAMIN BRENNER, J.

Were I to grant this application the effect of it would be to transfer a 92-year-old invalid from her general hospital bed to one in a State mental institution. She was brought by ambulance to a ward in Kings County Hospital suffering from jaundice, hematemesis, bilateral cataracts and total blindness. Her family refuses to allow her to be operated upon and also refuses to take her home. The reason given for the desired transfer to...

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