In Re Maffett

On January 17, 1941, one Leon Maffett, then about 14 years of age, was adjudged by the probate court for the county of Ingham a feeble-minded person, and on the 5th day of August of the same year was admitted, on the commitment of said court, to the Lapeer State Home & Training School at Lapeer, Michigan, and is still a patient in said institution.

On October 23, 1942, we issued, on the petition of Mary Ann Maffett, mother and natural guardian of said Leon Maffett, a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of said minor’s detention in said institution, and in response to an ancillary…