Chandler v. Chandler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 251, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Mo. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1904, Mo. 2,030, dismissing bill in equity in case of Elizabeth S. Chandler and Edmund O. Gause to use of Elizabeth S. Chandler v. Swithin Chandler. Bill in equity for specific performance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The bill in this case was by a wife for the specific performance of an agreement of separation entered into with her husband. It was provided by the agreement that the parties should live apart, that the defendant should pay to a trustee named for the use of his wife $75.00 on the first day of each month during her life, and that he should be entitled to receive the income from a dwelling house the title to which was in her name. The agreement went into effect March 26, 1904, and the first payment under it was made on April 1, following. It appears from the findings…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Datz v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
- Eschen v. SteersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Armstrong County Building & Loan Ass'n v. GuffeySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Girard Mammoth Coal Co. v. Raven Run Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Barrett v. Avon Garage Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1948