Kennedy v. Meara
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Beid. City court of Atlanta. March 8, 1906. The plaintiff sued out a writ of habeas corpus for the recovery ■of her child from the possession of the defendants.
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Habeas corpus. Before Judge Beid. City court of Atlanta. March 8, 1906. The plaintiff sued out a writ of habeas corpus for the recovery ■of her child from the possession of the defendants. The defendants contended that they had received the child from the “Home for the Friendless,” to which it had been properly committed from the recorder’s court of the City of Atlanta, and at the hearing of the writ introduced in evidence a paper showing the proceedings before the recorder respecting the commitment of the child. The plaintiff objected to the evidence, upon the ground that it did not ■show…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The first objection raised to the act in question is: Is it in violation of 'that provision of the constitution which declares that no law shall pass which refers to more than c-ne subject-matter or contains matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof ? Civil Code, § 5771. The act has been embodied in the Code of 3895 and became a part of the law of this State upon the adoption of that code, and the contents of the title of the original act are now immaterial. Central Railway Company v. State, 104 Ga. 832(5).
2. The act in question is not subject to the objection that it is…
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