Legal Opinion

Orsuto v. Orsuto

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 1952No. Appeals, 19 and 30PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The lower court, in effect, adopted the findings and the recommendation of the Master and entered a decree of divorce on the ground of indignities. Without doing violence to the rule that the report of a Master, who has seen and heard the witnesses, is entitled to the fullest consideration, we are obliged to reverse the decree. The controlling issues are not dependent upon estimates of the credibility of witnesses but rather on the conclusions to be drawn from facts established by indisputable evidence.

Following their marriage in March 1929 the parties made their home with…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MarshallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  2. Hall v. VanderpoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  3. Brong v. BrongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Monaco v. MonacoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  5. Dash v. DashSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Boyer v. BoyerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  2. Howay v. HowayIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Gehris v. GehrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Matovcik v. MatovcikSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  5. Politylo v. PolityloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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