Case Name: PORTER (Probate Judge, Ingham) vs. EDWARDS (Supt. Asylum for Insane)
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1897-10-25
Citations: 1 McGrath 1702
Docket Number: 
Parties: PORTER (Probate Judge, Ingham) vs. EDWARDS (Supt. Asylum for Insane),
Judges: 
Reporter: Mandamus cases decided in the Supreme court of Michigan
Volume: 1
Pages: 1702–1702

Head Matter:
PORTER (Probate Judge, Ingham) vs. EDWARDS (Supt. Asylum for Insane),
4 D. L. N., 706.

Opinion:
To compel respondent to admit to the Asylum at Kalamazoo, as a public charge, one who has been adjudicated an insane person, but who had not gained a settlement in Ingham County, and whose legal residence is unknown.
Denied October 25, 1897.
Held, that Act No. 135 Public Acts of 1885, as amended by Act No. 62, P. A. 1887, was repealed by Act No. 44, P. A. 1897, and the latter Act provides that the persons committed must be citizens of the State.