Roberts v. Caughell

65 So.2d 547 (1953)

ROBERTS

v.

CAUGHELL et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

April 28, 1953.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1953.

Frank W. Stebbins, Eustis and Richard F. Stevens, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.

T.C. Cork, Clermont, for appellees.

Appellees Ruth Ann Caughell and William Charles Caughell are two minor children about fourteen years of age. When they were infants their father Albert L. O'Berry gave them to Charles W. Caughell and his wife Etta Catherine Caughell to raise and educate as their own and to "adopt said minors in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida." Charles W.…