In Re Clifford

A writ of habeas corpus, directed to the medical superintendent of the Kalamazoo State hospital, and an ancillary writ of certiorari, directed to the probate judge of Ingham county, have issued to inquire into the cause of detention of Agnes Lillian Clifford.

The proceeding’s in the prohate court of Ingham county show that on May 9, 1941, Reginald Clifford filed a petition for the admission of Agnes Lillian Clifford as a mentally diseased person to an insane asylum. On the same day the probate judge entered an order appointing two physicians as medical examiners. Both physicians examined Agnes…