HILL v. MORRIS


85 So.2d 847 (1956)

Elizabeth Heard HILL, Petitioner, v. J.N. MORRIS and Broward National Bank of Fort Lauderdale, as Executors and Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of John Henry Hill, Deceased, John Henry Hill, III, a minor, Anna Belle Johnson, as Guardian of John Henry Hill, III, a minor, and Francis K. Buckley, Guardian Ad Litem for John Henry Hill, III, a minor, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

Rehearing Denied February 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, Sam D. Phillips, Jr., West Palm Beach, Robert E. Hathaway, Tallahassee, and Phillips & Hathaway, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

McCune, Hiaasen, Kelley & Crum, Fort Lauderdale, for J.N. Morris and Broward Nat. Bank of Fort Lauderdale.

William H. Grimditch, Jr., Deerfield Beach, for Francis K. Buckley, as Guardian ad Litem for John Henry Hill, III, a minor, for respondents.


HOBSON, Justice.

This petition for certiorari is brought by Elizabeth Heard Hill to review certain rulings of the circuit court culminating in an order denying a joint motion of the parties for determination of the cause upon bill and answer.

Respondent executors of the estate of John Henry Hill, deceased, filed a complaint for declaratory decree, naming as defendants the petitioner, who is the widow of the decedent, and the respondents John Henry Hill, III...

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