Wargo v. Wargo

Opinion by

Weight, J.,

We are concerned on this appeal with the question whether the Act of May 10, 1921, P. L. 434, 48 P.S. 136, confers upon the court of common pleas the right to enter judgment for arrearages on an order for- the payment of alimony pendente lite in a divorce action. When the case was here before, we affirmed an order of the court below striking from the record successive cumulative judgments entered merely on ex parte affidavits of default. See Wargo v. Wargo, 184 Pa. Superior Ct. 587, 136 A. 2d 163. The wife thereafter petitioned for a rule to show cause why judgment should…