Legal Opinion

Davis v. Davis

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 9, 1956No. 19155PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wyatt, Presiding Justice.

1. The plaintiffs in error contend' that the evidence in the court below was insufficient to authorize the court to find that the defendant Charles R. Davis, Sr., the father of the child, had forfeited or lost his parental right to the custody and control of his minor child; and that, this being true, the court below was without authority to interfere with or restrict this right in any way.

The plaintiffs in the court below contended and undertook to show by their evidence that the defendant father had relinquished his right to custody and control of his minor child in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sloan v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Waldrup v. CraneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  3. Rawdin v. ConnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  4. Broxton v. FairfaxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Maxwell v. LeBlancSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  2. Coleman v. WaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
  3. Brotherton v. BootheWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Spitz v. HollandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. Rhodes v. PeacockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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