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Jessen v. Jessen

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A
Nov 14, 1939
140 Fla. 670 (Fla. 1939)

Opinion

Opinion Filed November 14, 1939 Order on Rehearing Filed December 8, 1939

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County, L.L. Parks, Judge.

Zewadski Pierce, for Appellant;

Wm. C. McLean, for Appellee.


This appeal is from a final decree granting the appellee a divorce from appellant. Four questions are urged as grounds for reversal. They all go to the sufficiency of the evidence or rulings on matters in which the chancellor was vested with a liberal discretion. The record and the briefs have been examined and the evidence found to be conflicting. The chancellor was confronted with a bad situation and on the record we find no basis to reverse his judgment. To do so would be nothing more than pitting our judgment against his which we are not authorized to do. There must be a clear showing that he committed error.

Affirmed.

BUFORD and THOMAS, J. J., concur.

BROWN, J., concurs in opinion and judgment.

Justices WHITFIELD and CHAPMAN not participating as authorized by Section 4687, Compiled General Laws of 1927, and Rule 21-A of the Rules of this Court.

ORDER ON PETITION FOR REHEARING


This cause coming on to be heard on petition for rehearing, the record and the petition have been examined, and is hereby denied except as to attorneys' fees incurred in this Court. It appears that the motion for attorneys' fees was filed May 10, 1939, and is granted in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Dollars.

It is so ordered.

TERRELL, C. J., and WHITFIELD, BROWN, BUFORD and CHAPMAN, J. J, concur.


Summaries of

Jessen v. Jessen

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A
Nov 14, 1939
140 Fla. 670 (Fla. 1939)
Case details for

Jessen v. Jessen

Case Details

Full title:BETH G. JESSEN v. ROBERT A. JESSEN

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. Division A

Date published: Nov 14, 1939

Citations

140 Fla. 670 (Fla. 1939)
191 So. 768

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