Diamond v. Diamond

Opinion bx

Ms. Justice Arnold,

On preliminary objections the court below dismissed the plaintiff’s bill in equity and she appeals.

At the instance of the wife the bill, in plain language, seeks to enjoin her husband, Leonard Diamond, from committing adultery with Gussie Stein, and also to restrain Dorothy Lerner, who is alleged to have been an aider and abettor of the principal defendant’s acts.

While it may be convenient to restrain the errant spouse, nevertheless it is without authority under the law of Pennsylvania.

In the first place, equity will not enjoin the commission of a crime:…