Lamar v. Harris

This is a habeas corpus case from Bibb county, involving the custody and control of a minor. The minor in question, Lamar "Washington, is a son of one of the plaintiffs in error, W. H. Washington, and of his wife, Alberta Washington, née Lamar. He was born on March 6,1887, at the home of his mothers parents, Colonel and Mrs. H. J. Lamar, in Vineville, near Macon. About two weeks after his birth his mother died. His father’s home was in Nashville, Tennessee. Shortly after the death of Mrs. Wash' ington, W. H. Washington returned to Nashville, leaving his infant son in the care of the Lamar…