Kerr v. Kerr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 851, dismissing bill in equity in case of William A. Kerr v. Robert J. Kerr and Rose O. Kerr. Bill in equity for specific performance. Before Young, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The court dismissed the bill. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
WiHiam'A. Kerr, the appellant, obtained a decree of absolute divorce from his wife, Rose O. Kerr, on the ground of her cruel and barbarous treatment of him. The proceeding was instituted under the Act of May 8, 1854, P. L. 644, as amended by the Act of June 25, 1895, P. L. 308, and alimony was allowed the wife, fixed at $720 per year. The decree of divorce, carrying with it the order for alimony, was made April 16, 1903, and was duly entered of record as a judgment against William A. Kerr in the judgment index of court on common pleas, No. 3, of Allegheny county.…
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