Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Berry v. Merrill

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 17, 1901No. Nos. 12,626 — (53)PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Writ of habeas corpus issued by the district court for Steele county and directed to Gr. A. Merrill, as superintendent of the state public school at Owatonna. From an order, C. J. O’Brien, court commissioner, discharging Adelphine Berry, daughter of relator, from said school and from the custody of the superintendent thereof, G-. A. Merrill appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.

Appeal in habeas corpus proceedings instituted before the court commissioner of Steele county, who ordered the discharge of Adelphine Berry, an inmate of the state public school at Owatonna, detained there by its superintendent, who appeals to this court from the order of discharge. The return to the writ shows that the petition was made by the father of Adelphine, a minor under the age of fifteen years when committed to the state school by the probate court of Hennepin county, whose findings of fact embraced in the order of commitment, under respondent’s claim, do not comply with Laws 1897,…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re BladesIdaho Supreme Court · 1939
  2. State ex rel. County of Stearns v. KlasenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. County of Stearns v. Township of Fair HavenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
  4. Armstrong v. Board of Control of State Public SchoolSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
  5. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909

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