Bailey v. Holmes

Mrs. Ruth Bailey sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the judge of the superior court of Hart County, against Jones Holmes and Emma B. Holmes, alleging that they had taken away from the petitioner and were illegally detaining in their possession the person of Curtis B- Bailey, a minor son of the petitioner. She averred that she had demanded possession of her child, and the defendants refused to deliver him; that the defendants are not related to the child; and that his detention and restraint is illegal, because petitioner is his mother and entitled to his custody and control and to his…