Koch v. Koch
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 245, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Northampton Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 59, dismissing libel in divorce in case of Victor J, Kocb v. Louise W. Koch. Libel for divorce. The case was referred to William H. Sehneller, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of the libellant. Exceptions to his report were sustained by the court. A full review of the testimony will be found in the opinion of. the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 245, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Northampton Co., Nov. T., 1914, No. 59, dismissing libel in divorce in case of Victor J, Kocb v. Louise W. Koch. Libel for divorce. The case was referred to William H. Sehneller, Esq., as master, who reported in favor of the libellant. Exceptions to his report were sustained by the court. A full review of the testimony will be found in the opinion of. the Superior Court. Errors assigned were in sustaining exceptions to the master’s report, and refusing the divorce. —The demeanor, frankness and candor of witnesses in testifying…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The defendant was adjudged guilty of adultery, by her own admission supplemented by overwhelming proof, and her sole defense to the plaintiff’s bill for a divorce was that the offense had been condoned by her husband.
The master, after seeing the witnesses, and hearing their testimony, held that the proof she adduced was not sufficient to sustain her claim. On exceptions to his report, the learned trial judge reviewed the case with great care, and filed a lengthy opinion in which he concluded that she had established her defense, and refused the divorce for that reason.…
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