Hammond v. Murray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Ciayton Jones. City court of Albany. April 22, 1921. Mrs. W. A. Hammond filed a petition for habeas corpus against her father, L. D. Murray, to obtain the custody of Sarah Murray. Sarah Murray is the sister of the plaintiff and the daughter of the defendant. She is thirteen years old. The defendant had been twice married. The plaintiff and Sarah Murray are daughters of the defendant by h'is first wife.
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Habeas corpus. Before Judge Ciayton Jones. City court of Albany. April 22, 1921. Mrs. W. A. Hammond filed a petition for habeas corpus against her father, L. D. Murray, to obtain the custody of Sarah Murray. Sarah Murray is the sister of the plaintiff and the daughter of the defendant. She is thirteen years old. The defendant had been twice married. The plaintiff and Sarah Murray are daughters of the defendant by h'is first wife. About ten years ago L. D. Murray was married a second time, and three children were born to him, the issue of this marriage. About four years ago the defendant, who…
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The chief insistence of the plaintiff in error is that the judgment of the ordinary of Bibb county, appointing the plaintiff in error guardian of the person of Sarah Murray, is not open to collateral attack. *817The defendant in error testified in effect that he was a non-resident of the State at the time of the appointment of the plaintiff in error as guardian of the person of Sarah Murray; that he had not abandoned Sarah Murray, and had not failed to provide for her support and maintenance; that he had no notice or knowledge whatever of the application for…
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