ESTATE OF RASMUSSEN

Nos. Y-203 and 293.

335 So.2d 634 (1975)

In re ESTATE OF Beatrice S. RASMUSSEN, Deceased. John B. MATTINGLY, Petitioner, v. Honorable Edwin DUFF, II, Sheriff of Volusia County, Respondent. John B. MATTINGLY, Appellant (Executor), v. The Honorable J. Robert DURDEN, Circuit Judge, Probate Division, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Appellee (Judge).

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lawson, Jr. and John Radey, Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., A.S. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Isham Adams, Daytona Beach (in Y-293 only), for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

The executor seeks review of an order of commitment rendered by the Probate Division of the Volusia County Circuit Court which adjudges him guilty of contempt, and commits him to jail until he complies with the court's order which directs him to produce copies of documents pertaining to his administration of the estate. Before filing this interlocutory appeal, the executor filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with this court which the court granted...

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