Legal Opinion
Kilgore v. Tiller
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 22, 1942No. 14265PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
Mrs. Nellie J. Kilgore, the mother of an illegitimate child, Wayne Tiller, born September 13, 1939, brought habeas corpus against Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tiller, the parents of the child’s father, seeking to have the child’s custody awarded to her. The father at the hearing testified that he was the father of the child, that he had never been married to Mrs. Kilgore, that he had no legal interest in the boy, that he had made no claim and was not trying to claim the custody of Wayne Tiller.
The,Code, § 74-203, declares: “The mother of an illegitimate child shall be…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lamar v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Monk v. McDanielSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Butts v. GriffithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co. v. Mayor of CordeleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Alford v. AlfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Perkins v. CoursonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. FreelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Camp v. CampSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Shaddrix v. WomackSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- McGuire v. McGuireDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
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