Legal Opinion

Griggs v. Barnes

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 24, 1955No. 4 Div. 743Published

1Opinion of the Court

78 So.2d 910 (1955)

Barbara Jean GRIGGS

v.

Earsel BARNES et ux.

4 Div. 743.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 24, 1955.

Patterson, Patterson & Miller, Phenix City, for appellant.

Mary A. Lee and Samuel Kaufman, Montgomery, for State Dept. of Public Welfare, amicus curiae, in behalf of appellant.

Brassell & Brassell, Phenix City, for appellees

MAYFIELD, Justice.

This is the second time that the merits of this cause have been before this court.

On appeal from a writ of habeas corpus from the Circuit Court of Russell County, the Supreme Court of Alabama in Griggs v. Barnes, 257 Ala. 21, 57 So.2d 61, awarded…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Lerner v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
  5. Chandler v. WhatleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939

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