Ruh v. Ruh

CERCONE, President Judge:

Appellant takes this appeal from the lower court’s denial of his petition to set aside that court’s decree nisi, by which the lower court directed that appellant should hold one-half of certain property in a constructive trust for the benefit of his ex-wife. We find that the lower court erred in denying appellant’s petition and, therefore, we reverse.

Appellant makes several arguments in support of his position, but the central issue in his appeal is whether his exceptions to the decree nisi were timely. The lower court’s decree nisi was filed on January 9, 1975. At…