Townsend v. Warren
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari. Before Judge Turnbull. Floyd superior court. January term, 1895. In August, 1891, W. F. Townsend presented to the ordinary his petition for habeas corpus against George W. and Mary Warren, alleging that he is the father of a child four years old named Addie, and as such is entitled to her custody; that defendants have the custody of the child and keep her confined on their premises, under the pretense that petitioner committed her to them to be by them…
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Certiorari. Before Judge Turnbull. Floyd superior court. January term, 1895. In August, 1891, W. F. Townsend presented to the ordinary his petition for habeas corpus against George W. and Mary Warren, alleging that he is the father of a child four years old named Addie, and as such is entitled to her custody; that defendants have the custody of the child and keep her confined on their premises, under the pretense that petitioner committed her to them to be by them controlled, reared and educated until she should arrive at the age of twenty-one; but that he never committed the custody of the…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The law of this case is settled by the decision of this court in Bently v. Terry, 59 Ga. 555; and the evidence, though conflicting, being amply sufficient to sustain the judgment rendered by the ordinary upon the writ of habeas corpus, there was no error in overruling the certiorari and thus affirming that judgment. Judgment affirmed.
Fouche & Fouche, for plaintiff. George A. H. Harris, for defendant.
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