Moore v. Dozier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior courts June 13, 1906. This was a contest between a mother and a charitable institution, for the possession of her three children under twelve years of age.
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Habeas corpus. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior courts June 13, 1906. This was a contest between a mother and a charitable institution, for the possession of her three children under twelve years of age. Upon a proceeding by writ of habeas corpus, brought by a citizen against the mother, alleging that the children were illegitimate, that the mother was poor and unable to provide for them, that she was a notoriously immoral woman and unfit to rear them, that the father or fathers had abandoned them, and that they were being reared under immoral influences likely to degrade their moral…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
Cases of this character are becoming so common that there may be at times danger of losing sight of the fact that they involve principles which lie at the basis of society and of government. They include no less a question than the determination of where the right of the individual to his or her own children must yield to their good and that of society, of which they are members. Ordinarily a father, or if no father the mother, has a right to the custody of his or her children. Civil Code, §§2502, 2503. The mother may be poor, but poverty alone, save in extreme cases, furnishes no reason to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Douglass v. TouseyNew York Supreme Court · 1829
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- Treschman v. TreschmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1901
- Executors of Riggins v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Columbus & Rome Railway Co. v. ChristianSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Milner v. GatlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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- Manley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Cabaniss v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
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