Supreme Court of Georgia, 1910

Beck v. Beck

Beck v. Beck
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided February 24, 1910 · Fish
134 Ga. 137; 67 S.E. 543; 1910 Ga. LEXIS 136

Beck v. Beck

Opinion of the Court

Fish, O. J.

Upon the trial of* a' habeas-cófpus proceeding, involving' the-right to ■ the custody of a-girl thirteen yéars'of age, the court did not err in awarding such custody to the child’s widowed mother,' rather than to the child?s 'brother, who was twenty-one 'yéars old and unmarried, it not appearing that the mother'had released her fight'to the custody of her daughter, and it'being shown that the'mother was Of good character and able to care for the daughter.

Judgment- affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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