Legal Opinion
McBurnett v. Warren
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1951No. 17485PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) It is contended by the petitioner that the writ can be issued in a county other than the county in which a person is physically located and being unlawfully deprived of his liberty, and he cites Crowell v. Crowell, 190 Ga. 501 (9 S. E. 2d, 628), which is followed by Fielder v. Sadler, 193 Ga. 268 (18 S. E. 2d, 486). In the Crowell case, by a divorce decree of Treutlen County the custody of a four-year-old child was awarded to the mother six months and to the father six months. When the six months with the mother expired, she…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Simmons v. Georgia Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Barth v. CliseSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- New York Foundling Hospital v. GattiSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Crowell v. CrowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Fielder v. SadlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
3Cited by12 opinions
- State Department of Public Welfare v. Lipe ex rel. AtracnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1975
- Henry v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
- Derrer v. AnthonySupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Dutton v. FreemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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