Texas Supreme Court
J.A. White v. Lillie White.
June 30, 1917108 Tex. 570
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that the 1913 Act authorizing lunacy inquests by a commission of physicians violated the Texas Constitution's guarantee of a trial by jury, rendering the Act void and remanding the case for a trial under the prior law with a ten‑day deadline, affirming the lower court's modified judgment.