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MATTER OF GURLAND

286 A.D. 704 (1955)

In the Matter of Irving Gurland, an Alleged Mentally Ill Person. Sadie Gurland, Respondent; Nathan Beckenstein, as Director of The Brooklyn State Hospital, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

November 28, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Isadore Siegel, James O. Moore, Jr., and Abe Wagman of counsel), for appellant.

Herbert L. Levy for respondent.

NOLAN, P. J., WENZEL, BELDOCK and UGHETTA, JJ., concur.

MURPHY, J.

Respondent is the wife of a patient in the Brooklyn State Hospital committed pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court adjudging him to be a mentally ill person. That order was made on August 26, 1955, upon the petition of a deputy medical superintendent of Kings County Hospital and the certification of two examiners that the patient was in need of care and treatment. The order provided that the patient...

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