Woodland v. Woodland

Robert E. Woodland and Florence Linder Woodland were married in January, 1917, at Tampa, Florida. Two children were born of this marriage, a boy, John Gayton Woodland, in December, 1917, and Margaret Means Woodland, a girl, was born June 13, 1919. The plaintiff and the defendant lived together as husband and wife until March, 1920, when they separated. The controversy in the present case is over the possession and custody of the two children. It appears from the record that while the children were in the custody of their mother at her home at Cape May, New Jersey, they were kidnapped and…