Legal Opinion

Scott v. Scott

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 25, 1950PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

45 So.2d 878 (1950)

SCOTT

v.

SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.

April 25, 1950.

W. Fred Turner, Panama City, for plaintiff.

Joseph I. Mathis, Panama City, for defendant.

SEBRING, Justice.

The Circuit Judge of Bay County has certified to this Court, in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 38, the following proposition of law for determination: "May an action for divorce be instituted and maintained in this State by a guardian in behalf of a ward who prior to the time of the institution of suit has been duly adjudged to be mentally incompetent?"

It is settled by the holding of this Court in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Schwob Co. v. Florida Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
  2. Cohn v. CohnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
  3. Campbell v. CampbellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Thomasson v. Thomasson (Slip Opinion)Ohio Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Boyd v. EdwardsOhio Court of Appeals · 1982
  3. Forsyth v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
  4. MURRAY BY MURRAY v. MurraySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1993
  5. Wood v. Jean Jones BeardDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958

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