As Amended
SEC. 41-19-117. Writ of appeal; habeas corpus proceedings.
Anyone in custody as feeble-minded is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus under the proper application made by him, or by some friend in his behalf. Upon the return of such writ, the fact of his feeble-mindedness shall be inquired into as hereinabove provided. The medical history of the patient, as it appears in the case history at the Ellisville State School, shall be given in evidence, and the director of the Ellisville State School, and any other proper person, shall be sworn touching the mental condition of such person or inmate.
SOURCES: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. Sec. 5728a1; 1930, Sec. 7290; 1942, Sec. 6780; Laws, 1920, ch. 210.