Ex Parte Tillman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by Lucy Dugas Tillman against B. R. Tillman and his wife Sarah S., in re the custody of Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman, children of petitioner and B. R. Tillman, Jr. Mr. Simkins, cites: Degree of restraint necessary to authorise the writ: Hurd on Habeas Corpus, 453 ; 15 Ency., 150, 185; 72 S. C., 23. The deed in question is a nullity at present and takes effect at death of grantor: Act 12, Chas. II; Ga.
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Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by Lucy Dugas Tillman against B. R. Tillman and his wife Sarah S., in re the custody of Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman, children of petitioner and B. R. Tillman, Jr. Mr. Simkins, cites: Degree of restraint necessary to authorise the writ: Hurd on Habeas Corpus, 453 ; 15 Ency., 150, 185; 72 S. C., 23. The deed in question is a nullity at present and takes effect at death of grantor: Act 12, Chas. II; Ga. Stat., 1882, 2058; 19 Stat, 791; Code, 1902, 2689'; 2690; 54 S. C., 388; 21 Ency., 15; Reeves Dorm. Rel., 390; 12 N. H.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman, the mother of the infants, Douschka Pickens Tillman and Sarah Stark Tillman, filed her petition in this Court on the 24th day of January, 1910, praying that a writ of habeas corpus be issued to the end that her children be released from the alleged unlawful restraint of the respondents, Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman and his wife, Mrs. S. S. Tillman, and that they be turned over to her custody, care and training. The petitioner alleges her marriage with B. R. Tillman, Jr., the son of respondents, the birth of the…
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