State ex rel. Blaisdell v. Billings
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by John S. Billings, Sheriff of Otter Tail County, from an order of the District Court of that County, made by R. H. Mar-den, Court Commissioner, June 26,1893, discharging from his custody, Maria J. Blaisdell. On June 3, 1893, an information was filed in the Probate Court of Otter Tail County, stating that Maria J. Blaisdell of Pelican Bapids in that County was then insane and needing care and treatment and that it was dangerous for her to be at large.
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Appeal by John S. Billings, Sheriff of Otter Tail County, from an order of the District Court of that County, made by R. H. Mar-den, Court Commissioner, June 26,1893, discharging from his custody, Maria J. Blaisdell. On June 3, 1893, an information was filed in the Probate Court of Otter Tail County, stating that Maria J. Blaisdell of Pelican Bapids in that County was then insane and needing care and treatment and that it was dangerous for her to be at large. Davis Burbank, Judge of that Court, made an order directing F. Ray and J. 'IT. Corliss, two practising physicians of that county, to…
1Opinion of the CourtVandeRBURGH, J.
A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the court commissioner of Otter Tail county to the sheriff of that county, commanding that officer to bring before him one Maria J. Blais-dell, represented to be in his custody, in order that due inquiry might be made into the cause and legality of her detention. The ■sheriff' made due return that he held her in custody by virtue of a warrant of the Judge of Probate of the county, ordering her to be ■committed to the State Hospital for the Insane at St. Peter, and produced the original warrant.
The statute (3878 G-. S. ch. 80, § 43) provides that the party…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Noonan v. Sheriff of Hennepin CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Knox v. HaugSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- State ex rel. Blaisdell v. BillingsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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