Sparrow v. Ingham Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Edward W. Sparrow to compel Rollin H. Person, circuit judge of Ingham county, to dismiss the appeal of Mary H. Sparrow from an order of the probate court committing her to an insane asylum.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The relator, Edward W. Sparrow, filed a petition in the probate court of the county of Ingham, setting forth that his sister, Mary H. Sparrow, was afflicted with a form of insanity known as paranoia. An order for an inquest was duly entered, and the inquest held, resulting in a finding by the physicians, and an order of the court, that Miss Sparrow was insane, and directing that she be taken for care and treatment to one of the state asylums, as a private patient. These proceedings were had under Act No. 204, Pub. Acts 1895, which will be found in the margin. The inquest was a long one, many…
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