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CHAPMAN v. DORSEY

82 So.2d 498 (1955)

Dana Dorsey CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. Ezekiel DORSEY, Appellee. Ct. Ct. No. 174201-A. In re: ESTATE of D.A. DORSEY, Deceased (Dade County Civil Appeals 1324, 1326, 1327, 1355, 1463). Dana Dorsey CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. R.P. TERRY et al., Appellees. (two cases). Dana Dorsey CHAPMAN, Appellant, v. R.C. HOUSER et al., Appellees (two cases).

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

September 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.S. Miller, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Ben S. Hancock, Jr., and B.E. Hendricks, Miami, for Kelsey L. Pharr, as Administrator of Estate of Rebecca L. Dorsey, Deceased, and as guardian of person and property of Susie Augusta Dorsey, a minor.

L.L. Robinson, Miami, for R.P. Terry.

Rogers, Morris & Griffis, Ft. Lauderdale, for The First Nat. Bank in Fort Lauderdale.

Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Miami, for A.F. Given.

W.C. Price, Miami, in pro. per. for appellees.

ROBERTS, Justice.

On February 28, 1940, D.A. Dorsey died intestate, leaving a widow, Rebecca, and an adopted daughter, Susie Augusta Dorsey, now known as Dana Dorsey Chapman, and a son, Ezekiel Dorsey, born of a prior marriage. On August 1, 1940, Rebecca died intestate, leaving as her sole heir the above mentioned adopted daughter, Dana Dorsey Chapman. Dana was an infant seven years old in 1940, but, by and through her guardian, disputed and contested the relationship...

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