DAY v. HATTON

18613, 18614.

210 Ga. 749 (1954)

83 S.E.2d 6

DAY v. HATTON et al.; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Augustus M. Roan, David H. Ansley, for plaintiff in error.

Thomas O. Davis, Owen & Bolton, Davis & Stringer, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. Where the putative father of an illegitimate child sought and obtained a decree of a Tennessee court declaring him to be the father of such child and creating the relationship of parent and child between the petitioner and the child, the decree showing on its face that it was an ex parte proceeding, it will not be given effect in this State as against the mother, where she was not made a party in the proceeding, was not served, did not...

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