Hall v. Hall

Grice, Justice.

The sustaining of general demurrers to a habeas corpus petition seeking custody of a child is for review. Robert R. Hall and his wife, Faye Wells Hall, filed the petition in the Superior Court of Whitfield County against Eunice Hall, the child’s maternal grandmother. The allegations, insofar as pertinent here, may be summarized as follows.

The mother of the child was Geraldine Hall, who died several months after its birth. The petitioner Robert R. Hall is the admitted natural father. Since the mother’s death, the grandmother has kept the child under her dominion and control.

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