People ex rel. Fullerton v. Gilbert

Citations

• 115 Ill. 59
• 3 N.E. 744

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal—from order of county court, on inquiry as to the sanity of a person. No appeal will lie from a finding and order of the county court in a proceeding to inquire into the alleged insanity of a person, had under the “Act to revise the laws in relation to the commitment and detention of lunatics,” approved March 21, 1874.</p> <p>2. Insane pebson—on recovery, entitled to discharge from hospital-remedy in case of improper detention. If a person adjudged insane, and committed to the hospital for the insane, shall be restored to reason, he will be entitled to be discharged, and if he shall be afterward detained against his wishes, the law gives him a remedy by the writ of habeas corpus.</p>