Case Name: Beck v. Beck
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1910-02-24
Citations: 134 Ga. 137
Docket Number: 
Parties: Beck v. Beck.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 137–137

Head Matter:
Beck v. Beck.
February 24, 1910.
Habeas corpus,. Before Judge Wright. • Floyd superior court.
March 18, 1909.
M. B. Eubanhs and W. B. Mebanefor plaintiff in error.
Sharp & Sharp, contra.

Opinion:
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.