DOHERTY v. TRAXLER


66 So.2d 274 (1953)

DOHERTY v. TRAXLER et al.

Supreme Court of Florida Special Division B.

June 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scofield & Fitzpatrick, Inverness, for appellant.

Clara Floyd Gehan and Jenkins & Jenkins, Gainesville, for appellees.


MATHEWS, Justice.

This is a case of first impression in this State.

The appellant claims the naked legal right of a surviving husband to be appointed administrator of his deceased wife's estate and to receive the proceeds of the estate as the sole surviving heir, even though it is shown conclusively that the marriage was never consummated by cohabitation; that the husband only stayed on the farm of his deceased wife for a period of twenty-four hours after...

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