POWERS v. ADAMS


374 S.W.2d 862 (1964)

William J. POWERS, Jr., Petitioner, v. Chester D. ADAMS, Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Powers, Jr., pro se.

Donald P. Moloney, Lexington, for respondent.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

William J. Powers, Jr., has filed in this Court a petition asking that an order of prohibition be entered against Chester D. Adams, Judge of the Fayette Circuit Court, enjoining him from enforcing or causing any other person to enforce an order of 35-day commitment for mental observation of Powers made on May 17, 1947, and a judgment adjudicating Powers to be a person of unsound mind and committing him to the U. S. Veterans' Hospital at...

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