Legal Opinion

Brown v. Harden

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 14, 1920No. 1618PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Habeas corpus. Before Judge Kent. Laurens superior court. July 17, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.

1. This was a contest for the custody of three minoi’ children, to wit, a girl aged eighteen, and two boys aged respectively fourteen and sixteen years. The petition was brought by the grandmother of the children against the mother and a third person on whose land the mother lived. It was alleged, that the mother was a lewd woman and that she was living in a state of adultery with the eodefendant; that the mother had recently given birth to an illegitimate child; that the mother was under the control of the codefendant; and that through his control of the mother he held the children in a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Simmons v. Georgia Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Plunkett v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  3. Moore v. DozierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  4. Barlow v. BarlowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  5. Smith v. MiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Perkins v. CoursonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
  2. Wilcoxon v. AldredgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Jones v. WhiteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
  4. Sanders v. McHanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  5. Spitz v. HollandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979

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