Stewart v. Stewart

Opinion by

Keeler, J.,

The learned court below adopted “with reluctance” the recommendation of the master that a divorce be granted the libellant in this case, apparently because he considered the findings of a master to “have equal weight with the verdict of a jury”; and that he was forced to adopt the master’s recommendation if there was evidence in the record “upon which the master could reach the conclusion at which he arrived.”

The court misconceived the effect to be given the report and recommendation of a master in divorce. The Act of April 20, 1911, P. L. 71, does not confer on the…