Legal Opinion
Shumway v. Kalamazoo State Hospital Medical Superintendent
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 28, 1957No. Docket No. 43, Calendar No. 46,962PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
Russell Springstead was arrested (April 21, 1952) on a charge of reckless use of firearms. He was held in the Berrien county jail until May 23,1952, when under order of the Berrien county probate judge he was committed to the Kalamazoo State Hospital.
On May 23,1955, a petition for writ of habeas corpus, and for ancillary writ- of certiorari was filed in the circuit court for the county -of Kalamazoo. The trial court dismissed the petition and denied a motion for new trial and rehearing.
Russell Springstead, while confined in the Berrien county jail, was personally served with notice of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Klaiber v. FrankSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- In Re HainesMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
- Steindler Paper Co. v. Charlevoix Circuit JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
3Cited by1 opinion
- Billingsley v. BirzgalisMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969