Hanneman v. Mount Pleasant State Home & Training School

On December 23,1930, Delbert Allison, then 17 years of age, was committed to the Michigan Home & Training School by order of the probate judge of Midland county as a mentally-defective person.

Upon petition of Minnie Hanneman, natural mother of Delbert, a writ of habeas corpus issued on June 6,1952, directed to the medical superintendent of the Mount Pleasant State Home & Training School with ancillary writ of certiorari to the probate judge to inquire into the cause of his detention. Returns have been filed which show proceedings taken prior to the commitment. Principal errors in the…