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Trotman v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc
Mar 3, 1944
154 Fla. 71 (Fla. 1944)

Opinion

February 8, 1944 Rehearing Denied March 3, 1944

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County, Jos. S. White, Judge.

Harry Goodmark, for appellant.

Otis R. Parker, Jr., for appellee.


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.


Summaries of

Trotman v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc
Mar 3, 1944
154 Fla. 71 (Fla. 1944)
Case details for

Trotman v. Thomas

Case Details

Full title:VASHTI TROTMAN v. JAMES THOMAS and LELIA MAE THOMAS, his wife

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc

Date published: Mar 3, 1944

Citations

154 Fla. 71 (Fla. 1944)
16 So. 2d 640

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