Caldwell v. Caldwell
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 135, April T., 1918, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Indiana Co., March T., 1916, No. 110, awarding divorce in case of D. M. Caldwell v. Ella E. Caldwell. Libel for divorce. The case was referred to D. R. Tomb, Esq., as master, who after taking testimony reported in favor of awarding a decree for libellant.
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Appeal, No. 135, April T., 1918, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Indiana Co., March T., 1916, No. 110, awarding divorce in case of D. M. Caldwell v. Ella E. Caldwell. Libel for divorce. The case was referred to D. R. Tomb, Esq., as master, who after taking testimony reported in favor of awarding a decree for libellant. Exceptions to the master’s report were overruled by the court in an opinion by Langham, P. J. Errors assigned did not set forth the final decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
The parties to this action were married in 1890. Three children have been born.. In 1907, respondent became subject to attacks of hysteria, and from the latter part of that year until October, 1908, was treated at various sanitariums for dementia, returning to the common abode, January 23,1909. Libellant, and one of his sons, testified she treated the two boys harshly, kicking one of them down stairs on one occasion, which conduct resulted in libellant and his two sons withdrawing from the common domicile in 1909, the daughter remaining with her mother. December…
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