COMMONWEALTH EX REL. SKRTICH v. SHOVLIN

No. 177.

44 Pa. D. & C. 2d 279 (1968)

Commonwealth ex rel. Skrtich v. Shovlin

Common Pleas Court of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

April 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Skrtich, p.p.


SCALERA, P. J., April 1, 1968.

Relator filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he is unjustly detained as an inmate of Farview State Hospital, in that his home State is the State of Florida. He requested an order of discharge under section 426 of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of October 20, 1966, P. L. 6, art. IV, sec. 426, 50 PS §4426.

Section 426 of that act states that every person detained in a mental health hospital...

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