Jones v. Jones

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

In this proceeding instituted under Section 11 of “The Divorce Law” of May 2, 1929, P. L. 1237, 23 PS §11, a wife sought and obtained in the court below a divorce from bed and board, with alimony at the rate of |12.25 per week, upon the grounds of “malicious abandonment” by her husband and “such indignities to her person as to render her condition intolerable and life burdensome.” In the absence of a jury trial, we are required, upon this appeal by the husband, to reach an independent conclusion upon the merits of the decree from our own review of the evidence, using,…