Watkins v. Rose
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Spartanburg, August, 1920. Petition in habeas corpus by Charles I. Watkins against Anna Belle Rose, his divorced wife, for the custody of their infant son, Clarence M.'Watkins.
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Before SeasE, J., Spartanburg, August, 1920. Petition in habeas corpus by Charles I. Watkins against Anna Belle Rose, his divorced wife, for the custody of their infant son, Clarence M.'Watkins. Prom judgment awarding the custody to Mrs. J. W. Shermlan, of Valdosta, Ga., to whom the child had been turned over by its mother, the petitioner appeals. cite: Children are the wards of the Court and the Circuit Judge erred in) sending the child outside of this jurisdiction: U. S. Const., XIV Amend.; 75 S. C. 62; 6 R. R. A. (W. Va.) 621, 623,; vol. II, Code 1912, footnote, pp. 579, 580, 581. Cannot…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
Petitioner instituted proceedings in habeas corpus to obtain the custody of his infant son, six years of age, from Mrs. Sherman. He alleged that he was married to the respondent, Anna Belle Rose (who was formerly his wife, but subsequently divorced from him and married to another), and the child was born to them at Camden, S. C.; that they separated and the wife carried the child to Valdosta, Ga., and put him in the custody of his aunt, the respondent, Mrs. Sherman, who had brought him to Spartanburg, S. C., on a visit to her…
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