STATE v. LUND

No. 40673.

152 N.W.2d 514 (1967)

STATE of Minnesota ex rel. John J. HARTMANN, Respondent, v. Dr. J. Benjamin LUND, Medical Director, Minnesota Security Hospital, St. Peter, Minn., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., Gerard W. Snell, Acting Sol. Gen., St. Paul, for appellant.

George Stephenson, Minneapolis, Bailey Blethen, Mankato, for respondent.

Thomas A. Keller, III, Minneapolis, amicus curiae.


OPINION

NELSON, Justice.

Respondent, the director of the Minnestoa Security Hospital, appeals from an order of the District Court of Nicollet County entered November 21, 1966, in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in behalf of relator, John J. Hartmann, a patient in the hospital. The order appealed from directed that respondent release relator from the hospital 30 days after its issuance unless during that time respondent was "otherwise authorized by...

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