Legal Opinion
Gilman v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 28, 1947PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, J.:
Petition for habeas corpus was filed in Orange County^by Ves. H. Morgan and his wife to gain the custody of their two grandsons, ages eleven and fifteen years. Petitioners-appellees are the maternal grandparents of the children and seek to wrest custody of the boys from their father, Daniel T. Gil-man.
The lower court granted the writ and awarded custody to appellees because of a judgment entered in the District Court of Iowa on March 11, 1946.
Appellees were residing in Iowa and had had custody of the children since infancy. The mother of the children died and with the father/s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Digirogio v. DigirogioSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Bourn v. Hinsey, Et Ux.Supreme Court of Florida · 1937
- State Ex Rel. Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. GrahamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Helton v. CrawleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1950
- Lake v. LakeWyoming Supreme Court · 1947
- Application of ReedNebraska Supreme Court · 1950
- In Re on Behalf of EnkeMontana Supreme Court · 1955
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.