Legal Opinion

Esposito v. Esposito

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County

Decided September 30, 1975No. 1419 of 1975Published

1Opinion of the Court

SHUGHART, P. J.,

The complaint filed in the above-captioned action discloses that both plaintiff and defendant are residents of Adams County and the complaint was served upon defendant in Adams County by deputization. Defendant did not appear either personally or through an attorney. Despite these circumstances? the master recommended a decree in divorce apparently in misplaced reliance upon Hohlstein v. Hohlstein, 223 Pa. Superior Ct. 348, 296 A.2d 886 (1972).

General language in the Hohlstein opinion indicates that Pa. R. C. P. 1122, which provides that a divorce “action may be brought in and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Monaco v. Montgomery Cab Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  2. McGinley v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  3. Smith v. DaleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Hohlstein v. HohlsteinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Chasman v. ChasmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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