Aikens v. Aikens
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, March T., 1914, by defendant, from order of C. P. Mifflin Co., Aug. T., 1911, No. 41, granting divorce in case of Howard W. Aikens v. Mollie A. Aikens. Exceptions to report of John T. Wilson, Esq., master. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was order granting divorce.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff averred in this libel that the respondent, “hath offered such indignities, and cruel and barbarous treatment to the person of the libelant as to render his condition intolerable and his life burdensome, and thereby compelled him to withdraw from his house and' home,” and prayed for a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony. While the allegation of the libel does not follow the language of the statute, the jurisdiction invoked is that conferred by the Act of June 25, 1895, P. L. 308. The respondent having filed an answer denying the allegations of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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