Rives v. Sneed
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion to set aside order and judgment of Court changing name of minor &c., from Lee county. Tried before Judge Allen, April Term, 1858. At a prior Term of the' Superior Court of Lee county, upon the petition of Dudley Sneed, John Needam Massey, a minor, six or seven years old, had been declared his adopted child, his name changed to John Needham Massey Sneed, and the rights of each to be the same as if the said miner had been born the natural legitimate child of the said…
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Motion to set aside order and judgment of Court changing name of minor &c., from Lee county. Tried before Judge Allen, April Term, 1858. At a prior Term of the' Superior Court of Lee county, upon the petition of Dudley Sneed, John Needam Massey, a minor, six or seven years old, had been declared his adopted child, his name changed to John Needham Massey Sneed, and the rights of each to be the same as if the said miner had been born the natural legitimate child of the said Dudley Sneed. This proceeding was had under the Act of 1855-1856. At the next Court Robert Rives presented his petition,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.
delivering the opinion.
The Constitution of this State has been amended by adding a section to the first Article, declaring that the Legislature shall have no power to change names, nor to legitimate persons, &c., but shall, by law, prescribe the manner in which such power shall be exercised by the Superior and Inferior Courts, and the privileges'to be enjoyed. Acts of 1855 *620and 1856, page 106. The Legislature, at the same session, passed a statute prescribing the manner in which the Courts should exercise the power. Page 260. Under this Act, Dudley Sneed applied to the…
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