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WESTBOROUGH STATE HOSPITAL v. HUMPHREY

1983 Mass. App. Div. 17 (1983)

Westborough State Hospital vs. Thomas Humphrey

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Western District.

February 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Lemelman for the plaintiff.

Darcy Dumont for the defendant.

Present: McGuane, Lenhoff & Walsh, JJ.

McGuane, J.

The question facing us on this appeal is whether or not a patient in a mental hospital on a voluntary basis can be committed after hearing for a one year period.

There is no dispute as to the facts of this case.

Thomas Humphrey, respondent, had been hospitalized for a continuous period of time since February 23, 1978. Subsequent to Humphrey's admission to Westborough State Hospital on February 23, 1978, he was committed by order

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