Case Name: Franklin v. Carswell
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1897-11-26
Citations: 103 Ga. 553
Docket Number: 
Parties: Franklin v. Carswell.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 553–553

Head Matter:
Franklin v. Carswell.
Argued October 27,
Decided November 26, 1897.
Habeas corpus. Before Judge Sweat. Ware county. July 20, 1897.
Estes & Jones, Atkinson & Dwnwody and F. E. Twitty, for plaintiff. Toomer & Reynolds, for defendant.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
The father is entitled to the custody of his child during minority, unless such right has been relinquished or forfeited; and when in a habeas corpus proceeding involving such custody the evidence was conflicting as to whether the father had relinquished his parental right in favor of the grandmother, the discretion of the trial judge in awarding the child to the custody of the father will not be controlled.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.