Legal Opinion
Gessler v. Gessler
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided March 2, 1955PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRELL, Justice.
October 6, 1954, John M. Gessler instituted this suit in the circuit court of Hills-borough County, seeking to secure the custody of his two minor children, Gretchen Gessler, aged eight, and John M. Gessler, Jr., aged six. The complaint alleges that John M. and Annette Gessler were married at Morristown, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1945 and lived there until they separated September 16, 1954, that said children were the product of their marriage but that on account of considerable domestic trouble having befallen them the respondent took both children and two colored servants and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- May v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- State Ex Rel. Rasco v. RascoSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
- James v. JamesSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
3Cited by3 opinions
- Naylor v. NaylorCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1958
- Smith v. DavisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
- In the Interest of MYDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964