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COOPER v. STEPHENS

20393.

214 Ga. 825 (1959)

108 S.E.2d 274

COOPER v. STEPHENS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 9, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Gleason, for plaintiff in error.

DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

When any person in whom, for any cause, the applicant is interested, is kept illegally from the custody of the applicant, said applicant may sue out a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the legality of such restraint. Code § 50-101. Where, as here, the father of a minor child applied for a writ of habeas corpus against the mother, setting forth therein the divorce decree between them, whereby...

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