CANDLER, Justice.
This habeas corpus proceeding involves a contest between the mother and the father of an illegitimate girl fifteen years of age who has never been legitimated by her father under the provisions of Code § 74-103. On the hearing and after both parties had introduced their evidence, the court awarded custody of the child to its mother and the respondent father excepted to that judgment. Held:
1. "The mother of an illegitimate...
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