Gill v. Walker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Habeas corpus by Bessie Gill against Neely Walker and others, to .determine the right to custody of Mattie Ree Meeks, an infant. Judgment for petitioner, and defendants appeal. submit: Probate Court had jurisdiction to appoint the appellants general guardians: Vol. II, Code of Laws S. C. 1912, sec. 43. Duly appointed general guardian is entitled to the custody of the ward: 21 Cyc. 62; 21 Cyc. 64; 112 Ind. 183; 2 Am.
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Habeas corpus by Bessie Gill against Neely Walker and others, to .determine the right to custody of Mattie Ree Meeks, an infant. Judgment for petitioner, and defendants appeal. submit: Probate Court had jurisdiction to appoint the appellants general guardians: Vol. II, Code of Laws S. C. 1912, sec. 43. Duly appointed general guardian is entitled to the custody of the ward: 21 Cyc. 62; 21 Cyc. 64; 112 Ind. 183; 2 Am. St. Rep. 177. Prohate Court has power to enforce its decree: Vol. II, Code of 1912, sections 51 and 52 and 75. Possession of guardian lawfully appointed could not he illegal…
1Opinion of the Court
November 11, 1919. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is a proceeding in habeas corpus to determine who is entitled to the custody of Mattie Ree Meeks, the infant daughter of Mattie Meeks, deceased, who was the daughter of Neely and Mattie Walker, and the sister of Bessie Gill. After hearing the evidence, the Circuit Court awarded the custody of the child to Bessie Gill.
In 1911, Mattie, the deceased, married Sam Meeks, and they lived in the house with her parents, until she died, in 1915, leaving two children, Seretha and Mattie, the subject of this controversy, who was only five…
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