Greenman v. Dixon
Michigan Supreme Court
Habeas corpus, proceedings, by Esther Greenman against Robert L. Dixon, medical superintendent of the Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics, to obtain the custody of Lura Greenman, and certiorari to review such proceedings before Clark E. Higbee, probate judge of Kent county.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding to test the detention in the Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics of Lura Greenman, 15 years of age, plaintiff's child. The writ is directed to Robert L. Dixon, medical superintendent of the institution, which was established under chapter 56, 1 Comp. Laws 1915, for the treatment of epileptic persons as distinguished from persons idiotic or insane. The writ was accom*689panied by a writ of certiorari to Hon. Clark E. Higbee, judge of probate of Kent county, to review the proceedings in the probate court of that county resulting in the detention of the child in…
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