Maddox v. Barr
Citations
- 49 Fla. 182
Syllabus
<p>3. A return to a writ of habeas corpus for the possession of a child that the mother held the child by virtue of an alleged agreement between the parents is insufficient to overcome the force of a decree, subsequently rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, awarding the custody of the child to the father.</p> <p>2. Affidavits as to matters occurring at the trial of a writ of habeas corpus will not be considered by an appellate court, in the absence of a bill of exceptions.</p>
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- where it was held that an action for declaratory judgment filed by brothers in circuit court was sufficiently similar to a petition to take against a will filed by the surviving spouse in the probate division
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Judges: Cockrell, Hocker, Parkhill, Shackleford, Taylor, Whitfield
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