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HIGGINS v. STATE

No. 18290.

591 S.W.2d 646 (1979)

Wanda Jean HIGGINS v. The STATE of Texas.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

December 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Hollifield, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Tim Curry, Crim. Dist. Atty., Tarrant County, and Joe C. Lockhart, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for appellee.

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Pursuant to a sworn application for temporary hospitalization filed by her husband, and following a hearing before the trial court without a jury, Wanda Jean Higgins was committed to the Wichita Falls State Hospital for a period of not more than ninety days.

By her appeal Mrs. Higgins contends that the County Court at Law No. 2 lacked the jurisdiction to hear the application, and that, consequently, the order of commitment...

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