Legal Opinion

Boyer v. Boyer

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1957No. Appeal, 246PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

On August 27, 1952, Matthias J. Boyer filed a complaint seeking a divorce on the ground of indignities. Now, over 1600 days later, after nearly a million words have been written in the case, a final disposition of the matter is approaching.

In an action for divorce on the ground of indignities it is difficult to eliminate from the testimony as irrelevant anything either party did or said during the time they lived together as husband and wife, but counsel and master should devise some means of adequately, presenting the necessary evidence without accumulating a record…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Nixon v. NixonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Esenwein v. EsenweinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
  3. McKrell v. McKrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  4. Nacrelli v. NacrelliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Smith v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Steinke v. SteinkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. D'Alessandro v. D'AlessandroSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Manley v. ManleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  4. Schrock v. SchrockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Shoemaker v. ShoemakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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