IN RE DuBOIS

M. H. No. 1158-58.

207 F.Supp. 909 (1962)

In re Harriet DuBOIS.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

August 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macleay, Lynch, Channing & Bernhard, Washington, D. C. (Theodore E. Lombard, Washington, D. C.), for petitioner.

Frederick A. Thuee, Chairman, District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health, Washington, D. C., for respondent.


TAMM, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on a petition for the restoration of the petitioner to the legal status of a person of sound mind. The facts of the case are briefly summarized as follows:

On August 7, 1958, the petitioner, Harriet DuBois, was adjudicated of unsound mind by this Court and was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital in this city. About two weeks after her commitment, petitioner departed from the hospital and subsequently, on...

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