Case Name: FRANCES S. MARTIN v. RUSSELL K. MARTIN
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1939-02-24
Citations: 204 Minn. 621
Docket Number: No. 31,867
Parties: FRANCES S. MARTIN v. RUSSELL K. MARTIN.
Judges: Mr. Justice Hilton being ill and unable to participate in the decision, and the other justices being equally divided, that part of the decree which awards the custody of the son, James Sherman Martin, to the defendant is affirmed without opinion.
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 204
Pages: 621–622

Head Matter:
FRANCES S. MARTIN v. RUSSELL K. MARTIN.
February 24, 1939.
No. 31,867.
Stinchfield, Mackall, Crounse, McNally & Moore, for appellant.
W. T. Coe, for respondent.
Reported in 284 N. W. 294.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Plaintiff appeals from that part of a decree of divorce which awards the custody of the boy, now eight and a half years old, to defendant. Plaintiff was awarded the custody of the daughter, the only other child of the parties, now seven years old.
Mr. Justice Hilton being ill and unable to participate in the decision, and the other justices being equally divided, that part of the decree which awards the custody of the son, James Sherman Martin, to the defendant is affirmed without opinion.