Case Name: IN THE MATTER OF HELEN M. HOYT
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1887-10-27
Citations: 11 N.Y. St. Rep. 889
Docket Number: 
Parties: IN THE MATTER OF HELEN M. HOYT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 11
Pages: 889–889

Head Matter:
IN THE MATTER OF HELEN M. HOYT.
Committee of the person—Order appointing—Sufficiency of affidavit.
Appeal from order appointing committee of the person of Mary Irene Hoyt.
F. J. Dupignac, for app’lt; J. M. Van Cott, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
—Disregarding the affidavit of Dr. Milne, which we must do under the provisions of section 834 of the Code, the only proof by affidavit that the case presented is one specified in title 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure is that of George R. Dutton, a justice of the peace in Englewood, N. J. This affidavit relates only to one occasion, and affords no proof of the fact alleged that the person proceeded against is an habitual drunkard.
The order must be reversed without costs, and an order entered dismissing the proceedings, with leave to renew upon additional papers.