Legal Opinion
Catlett v. Chestnut
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 5, 1930PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
case presents one principal question and several subsidiary questions. They are duly presented by this record, which is that of a cause under the statute for the admeasurement of dower and dissent of the widow from the provisions of her alleged husband’s will.
The main question is: Has a widow upon dissenting from the provisions of her husband’s will and petition for the allotment of dower in his estate the right' to a trial by jury on the fact of the existence of the marriage relation when in the proceeding the executor of the will denies the existence of the marriage relation between the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Smith v. HinesSupreme Court of Florida · 1864
- Ponder v. GrahamSupreme Court of Florida · 1851
- Godwin v. KingSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
- Herzog v. Trust Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1914
- Charlotte A. Parish v. Harvey W. Ellis and WifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Catlett v. Chestnut, as Exr.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- Wax v. WilsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- Catlett v. ChestnutSupreme Court of Florida · 1933
- State Ex Rel. Foster v. AndersSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
- Rufus C. Barkley, Jr., and Joseph G. Barkley, Individually, Etc. v. Emlyn Methvin Spence Barkley, Individually, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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