In re McKinney

(for discharge). By order of the probate court of Lenawee county, entered January 14, 1949, Geraldine R. McKinney was adjudged an insane person and was committed to the Tpsilanti State Hospital. The present action has been instituted in her behalf by her father to obtain her release. The petition filed alleges that Mrs. McKinney’s detention is illegal in that mandatory provisions of the statutes of the State relating to proceedings to deter*191mine alleged insanity were not observed. Based on tbe averments of said petition a writ of habeas corpus was issued, directed to the medical superintendent…