PEOPLE EX REL. NORWOOD v. COFFEY


12 A.D.2d 579 (1960)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. John H. Norwood, Respondent, v. Cynthia J. Coffey, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 1, 1960


Order, entered on July 18, 1960, granting petitioner's application and awarding custody to the petitioner, reversed, on the law, on the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, with $20 costs and disbursements to appellant and the matter remitted to Special Term to take proof on the matters in issue.

The serious and important question of custody here involved should not have been decided from the bench, summarily, without the taking of testimony and particularly...

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