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Schwinger Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 1956No. Appeals, 78 and 79PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Gunther, J.,

Appellants, Herbert S. Schwinger and Rose Schwinger appeal from a judgment for contempt of court for refusing to answer certain questions propounded to them in the court below.

The matter in controversy arose in custody proceedings involving the custody of three children belonging to Dorothy Edwards, William Esterline and Francis Hartnett. Dorothy Edwards married William Ester-line in 1948 but in 1953 he divorced her. Subsequently, in 1954, Dorothy Edwards married Francis Hartnett. Two children, James and Edna, were born of the first marriage, and the third child, Mary,…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. Twining v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. CammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Commonwealth v. HendersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. TowberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Rosenberg AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  5. Snyder AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959

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