Bowler v. Bowler
| Decision Date | 01 August 1947 |
| Citation | 159 Fla. 447,31 So.2d 751 |
| Parties | BOWLER v. BOWLER. |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Rehearing Denied Sept. 16, 1947.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Palm Beach County; C. E. Chillingworth judge.
Wideman Wardlaw & Stewart, of West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Gedney Johnston & Lilienthal and Harry A. Johnston, all of West Palm Beach, for appellee.
The parties married in January, 1940, and separated shortly before the bringing of this suit by the wife, in March, 1946. One child, Sally Rockefeller Bowler, five years of age, was born of the marriage. The record of the trial consists of more than 1100 pages, and we can see no useful purpose to be served in attempting to write in detail the marital troubles of the parties reflected in the record. Suffice to say that upon a careful examination of the record we find no error in the decree requiring the setting aside in toto of the decree of the lower court. In that decree divorce was granted to the wife, alimony and support money for the child and attorneys fees for the wife were decreed. Costs were taxed against the defendant. The defendant appealed, challenging the decree in toto and specifically that part of it reading:
The special equities referred to are apparently of the character of those referred to by this court in Collins v. Collins, 153 Fla. 10, 13 So.2d 445; Markland v. Markland, 155 Fla. 629, 21 So.2d 145.
Although the case as determined by the Chancellor, did not authorize a decretal order for any interest in the...
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