Cook v. Cook

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

We all agree that the record shows appellant committed adultery with Sommers. The evidence is circumstantial, and calls for the application of Lord Stowell’s well-known dictum, quoted by Gibson, O. J., in Matchin v. Matchin, 6 Pa. 332, 338, and frequently followed since. Thirteen letters written by appellant to Sommers are in evidence, — only part of her correspondence, — the rest, having been obtained from Sommers by appellant’s brother was burned. It is unnecessary to state the contents of these letters; they are lewd, lecherous and libidinous. When her husband charged…