Gedney v. Gedney, (1934)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 8
Judges: BROWN, J. —
Attorneys: Spear, Viney Skelton, B. M. Skelton and Charles J. Schub,
for Appellant;
Phillips Thompson, for Appellee.
Filed: Dec. 19, 1934
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: The appeal is from an order modifying the final decree. The final decree was in a divorce suit. That decree dissolved the bonds of matrimony. It awarded the wife the sum of $10,000.00 "which shall be in full and complete settlement of all claims of every nature and kind whatsoever which complainant might now or hereafter have against the defendant, including alimony, suit money, costs, solicitors' fees, dower, right of dower and any and all claims whatsoever which complainant might have or which
Summary: The appeal is from an order modifying the final decree. The final decree was in a divorce suit. That decree dissolved the bonds of matrimony. It awarded the wife the sum of $10,000.00 "which shall be in full and complete settlement of all claims of every nature and kind whatsoever which complainant might now or hereafter have against the defendant, including alimony, suit money, costs, solicitors' fees, dower, right of dower and any and all claims whatsoever which complainant might have or which ..
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I think that the decree of the court below should be affirmedin toto and the costs taxed against the appellee. It appears that certain testimony had been taken on a hearing upon a prior petition which is not embraced in this record. Aside from this, the Chancellor had the parties before him in person, and was in a better position to judge of the delicate question of the custody of those children than this Court is.
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