In re Opal

Two applications for original writs of habeas corpus and ancillary writs of certiorari to the probate court of Houghton county were filed in the Supreme Court of Michigan. These petitions seek to attack commitment proceedings whereby petitioner Clayton R. Opal was committed to the New-berry State Hospital by reason of mental illness.

The first such order of commitment was signed April 1, 1955, following a hearing before Judge Joseph M. Donnelly, judge of probate of Houghton county, on that date. The petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking this order was filed November 7,1958, and the writ…