Legal Opinion
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Esenwein v. Esenwein
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 1, 1943No. Appeal, 5PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Linn,
William P. Esenwein appeals from judgment of the Superior Court affirming the action of the County Court of Allegheny County refusing to revoke an order made for the support of his wife. The parties were married in Pittsburgh in 1899; they separated in 1919. The support order has been in effect since 1922. In 1932 he sued for a divorce on the ground of indignities, but failed: Esenwein v. Esenwein, 105 Pa. Superior Ct. 261, 161 A. 425; affirmed, 312 Pa. 77, 167 A. 350. He sued again in 1939 on the ground of desertion but failed again: 141 Pa. Superior Ct. 604, 15 A.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Williamson v. OsentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Bell v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Esenwein v. EsenweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Stambaugh v. StambaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Commonwealth v. BerfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- State v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
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