Walker v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Habeas corpus, from city court of Atlanta — ■ Judge Reid. June 6, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Jones brought habeas corpus to regain the custody of his son, Jean Walker, formerly Claude Jones (the child’s name having been changed by an order of the court), against Walker and Mrs. Walker. It appears from the record that in 1894, Mrs. Pinkie V. Jones, the mother of the boy, secured a total divorce from the plaintiff, on the ground of cruel treatment, and by the decree in that case the child was awarded to her. The mother died recently and left the child in the hands of the defendants, one of whom was his maternal uncle and the other his maternal grandmother. It seems that the mother had…
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