HOLM v. STATE

No. 3398

404 P.2d 740 (1965)

Carl W. HOLM, Appellant (Proposed Patient below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Birchby, Sheridan, for appellant.

William K. Archibald, Deputy County Atty., Sheridan, Dean W. Borthwick, Deputy Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before PARKER, C.J., and HARNSBERGER, GRAY and McINTYRE, JJ.


Mr. Justice McINTYRE delivered the opinion of the court.

The appeal in this case is from an order of the district court in Sheridan County ordering that Carl W. Holm, appellant, be involuntarily hospitalized pursuant to Ch. 188, S.L. of Wyoming, 1963 (Ch. 4, §§ 25-49 through 25-89, W.S. 1963 Cum. Supp.), pertaining to the hospitalization of mentally ill persons.

The order in question was based upon a verdict rendered after trial to a jury of six...

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