Williams v. Smith
Citation | 190 Ind. 526,131 N.E. 2 |
Decision Date | 11 May 1921 |
Docket Number | No. 23709.,23709. |
Parties | WILLIAMS et al. v. SMITH. |
Court | Supreme Court of Indiana |
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Clark County; James W. Fortune, Judge.
Action by Warren Wallace Smith, by Lincoln E. Lankford, his next friend, against Charles F. Williams and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed.
Ele Stansbury and Edward M. White, both of Indianapolis, for appellants.
Wilmer T. Fox, of Jeffersonville, for appellee.
Appellants were enjoined from performing vasectomy on appellee, who is a prisoner in the Indiana Reformatory.
The chief physician, board of managers, and two chosen surgeons were proposing to act pursuant to the following:
In Davis v. Berry et al. (D. C. S. D.) 216 Fed. 413, in passing on an Iowa statute similar to the one here in question, on page 418 the court uses this language:
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