Supreme Court of Florida, 1944

Trotman v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Florida · Decided February 8, 1944 · Adams, Buford, Brown, Chapman, Sebring, Thomas, Terrell

16 So. 2d 640; 154 Fla. 71; 1944 Fla. LEXIS 624 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Dawn Elaine Brown, by and Through Gayle (Brown) Marden, as Her Mother and Next Friend, Cross v. Dixie Herlong Chastain, Cross (5th Cir. 1969)
Crane v. Hayes (Fla. 1971)

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Opinion of the Court

ADAMS, J.:

The questions presented by this appeal are the propriety of habeas corpus to obtain custody of a minor child and the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the order appealed from.

It is the law beyond question that habeas corpus is a proper remedy in such cases. We find the evidence sufficient to sustain the judgment, hence the same is affirmed.

BUFORD, C. J., BROWN, CHAPMAN and SEBRING, JJ., concur. THOMAS, J., dissents. TERRELL, J., not participating.

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