Reed v. Reed
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1901, No. 803, dismissing libel in divorce in case of Agnes Blair Reed v. George Elkins Reed. Libel in divorce. The facts are stated in the opinion of Sulzberger, P. J., which was as follows : The libelant and respondent, both citizens of New York, were married in Brooklyn, N. Y., on February 22, 1900, and removed thence to South Amboy, N. J., where they lived about six months.
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Appeal, No. 58, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1901, No. 803, dismissing libel in divorce in case of Agnes Blair Reed v. George Elkins Reed. Libel in divorce. The facts are stated in the opinion of Sulzberger, P. J., which was as follows : The libelant and respondent, both citizens of New York, were married in Brooklyn, N. Y., on February 22, 1900, and removed thence to South Amboy, N. J., where they lived about six months. Afterwards they lived together at Newburgh, New York, for over a year, and then at Brooklyn, N. Y., until November IT, 1902,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
It was held in Middleton v. Middleton, 187 Pa. 612, that in cases like the present one it is incumbent on the Supreme Court, and now on this court, except where there has been an issue and a jury trial, to review the testimony and adjudge whether it sustained the complaint- of the libelant, and, that the rule generally applicable to proceedings before the master or an auditor, that a finding of fact will not be disturbed ex*233cept for manifest error, is not applicable. In every case in •which the appeal is from a decree not based on the findings of a jury from testimony…
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