Com. of Pa. Ex Rel. v. Hirst

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This appeal is from an order of support made January 25, 1934, by the municipal court of Philadelphia against the appellant, in favor of his wife, in the sum of $40 per week.

The parties were married September 24, 1925, and lived together until November 14, 1933, when they separated; they have no children. The respondent has been a member of the Philadelphia Bar for a period of ten years, but his professional income, for the last two years at least, has been insufficient to meet his office expenses. He owns a house on Morris Park Road, where he lives, for which he paid…