CROSBY v. CALHOUN


76 So.2d 297 (1954)

Martha Lee CROSBY, a minor, by her mother, and next friend, Mattie Lee Crosby, Appellant, v. Henry CALHOUN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division B.

December 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coe & Coe, Pensacola, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


DREW, Justice.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the lower court abused its discretion in reducing the amount of the weekly payments required of a defendant by the final decree in a bastardy proceeding.

The original decree was entered pursuant to a stipulation and provided for payments for expenses of birth, costs, attorneys' fees and $10 per week for the maintenance of the bastard child if born alive. Several months after this decree was...

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