Legal Opinion

Smith v. Smith

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 13, 1944No. Appeal, 210PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

An intensive and protracted study of this record which includes 996 pages of testimony has produced the conviction that the conclusions reached by the master and the court below must be sustained. Accordingly the decree divorcing the parties for the wife’s cruelty and indignities will be affirmed.

The case turns solely upon the credibility of the parties and their witnesses. Depending entirely upon who is belived, the record can be taken to establish satisfactorily, not by a mere doubtful balance of the credible testimony but by a fair preponderance of the proof, that either…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McKrell v. McKrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Wick v. WickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  3. Lyons v. LyonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  4. Briggs v. BriggsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  5. Fullwood v. FullwoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Boyer v. BoyerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. Rankin v. RankinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  3. Fawcett v. FawcettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. Shoemaker v. ShoemakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  5. Bobst v. BobstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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