Sloan v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Fite. Bartow superior court. January 18, 1908. On January 2, 19*08, Mrs. Laura J. Sloan made affidavit for tbe purpose of having a writ of habeas corpus issued, alleging that her child, a little boy twenty-four months of age, was illegally detained by his father in his exclusive possession; that he threatened to remove the child beyond the limits of the State, and she apprehended he would do so; that he had no home in the State where he could keep…
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Habeas corpus. Before Judge Fite. Bartow superior court. January 18, 1908. On January 2, 19*08, Mrs. Laura J. Sloan made affidavit for tbe purpose of having a writ of habeas corpus issued, alleging that her child, a little boy twenty-four months of age, was illegally detained by his father in his exclusive possession; that he threatened to remove the child beyond the limits of the State, and she apprehended he would do so; that he had no home in the State where he could keep and comfort the child, and “said B. C. Sloan. has never supported said child or paid its expenses;” and that the…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing. facts.)
The rulings of the trial court in regard to the pleadings and -the intervention of the maternal grandmother were of doubtful proprietjr; but as the child was produced in response, to the writ, the •court practically took him into custody by temporarily awarding him to a third person until the hearing could be had, and the application, of the mother set out the ability and willingness of, the grandmother to furnish a home for the child and rear him; and as the presiding judge preferred to hear the case on-its merits, and did so, we will pass, without…
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