Commonwealth v. Mendelsohn

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

On December 15,1919, the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County made an order of $10 a week against Jacob Mendelsohn, one of the defendants, for the support of his wife and child, and he was required to furnish a bond to the Commonwealth in the sum of $500 for compliance with the order. The order was made by authority of the Act of April 13,1867, P. L. 78, which provides, inter alia, that, it shall be lawful for the court, “after hearing, to order the person against whom complaint has been made, being of sufficient ability, to pay such sum as said court shall think…