Law v. McCord

R. E. Law and Mrs. R. E. Law brought their petition for a writ of habeas corpus, wherein they sought to release from custody Thomas and Marion Law, their children, alleged to be illegally detained in an institution known as the Home of the Friendless, in the city of Atlanta; it being alleged that they were so detained under an alleged commitment by the judge of the superior court of Chatham county. This commitment was issued under the provisions of an act approved September 4, 1908, entitled “an act to provide for the establishment of children’s courts as branches of the superior courts,”…