Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Courson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 6, 1964No. 22248Published
1Opinion of the Court
219 Ga. 611 (1964)
135 S.E.2d 388
PERKINS
v.
COURSON et al.
22248.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Submitted November 12, 1963.
Decided February 6, 1964.
Albert E. Butler, for plaintiff in error.
Thomas & Thomas, W. Glenn Thomas, Jr., contra.
GRICE, Justice.
This is a review of an award of custody of a child to its grandparents. The father, Johnnie Perkins, filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Wayne County against the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Courson. The grandparents filed their response which prayed that custody be awarded to them. Subsequently, the trial judge…
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2Cases cited45 opinions
- Miller v. WallaceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Girtman v. GirtmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Williams v. CrosbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Chapin v. CummingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Sloan v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
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