Drummond v. Drummond

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

The Act of May 23,1907, P. L. 227, § §1, 2, as amended, December 15, 1955, P. L. 878, §§1, 2, 48 P.S. §§131, 132, permits the institution of an equity action by a wife against her husband for support and maintenance under certain circumstances.

In Drummond v. Drummond, 414 Pa. 548, 200 A. 2d 887 (1964), we affirmed the lower court’s determination as to the amount of support required to be paid by the husband to the wife, but we vacated the award of counsel fee and “vacated without prejudice to plaintiff to commence a separate action” (emphasis supplied) the lower…