Legal Opinion
Palmer v. Buck
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1890PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Certiorari to review habeas corpus proceedings resulting in the discharge of an inmate of the insane asylum. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Champlin, O. J.
On September 19, 1889, Mary Vetter was brought to the Michigan Asylum for the Insane at Kalamazoo by Mrs. Margaret Scott, and delivered into the custody of the superintendent, under the authority of an order made by the probate court for Lenawee county, which was in the words and figures following:
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“County of Lenawee. S
“At a session of the probate court for the county of Lenawee, holden at the probate office in the city of Adrian, on the 19th day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
“Present, R. B. Robbins, Judge of Probate.
“In…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hamilton's CaseMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
3Cited by5 opinions
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