Commonwealth ex rel. McDermott v. McDermott

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant contends that the court below erred in sustaining a demurrer to the evidence of the existence of a common law marriage, which would entitle her to support.

Maria J. McDermott, appellant, and John R. McDer-mott, appellee, were married in Mgladbach, Germany, on October 26, 1948. Two sons were born of the marriage before the parties were divorced in Germany on October 11, 1966. Appellant and her two sons moved to Harrisburg shortly after the divorce. She and her husband continued to correspond. She testified that her husband had written: “he don’t care if people…