Fedorowicz v. Brobst
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, June T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1915, No. 6, reversing judgment of Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill Co., June. Term, 1915, No. 40, in case of Beny Fedorowicz, for himself, and Franciska Fedorowicz, his wife, v. E. O. Brobst, B. J. Smith and P. J. Boyle, Commissioners for the'County of Schuylkill. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court and in Fedorowicz v. Brobst, 62 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 171, June T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1915, No. 6, reversing judgment of Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill Co., June. Term, 1915, No. 40, in case of Beny Fedorowicz, for himself, and Franciska Fedorowicz, his wife, v. E. O. Brobst, B. J. Smith and P. J. Boyle, Commissioners for the'County of Schuylkill. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court and in Fedorowicz v. Brobst, 62 Pa. Superior Ct. 458. The Superior Court reversed the judgment of the lower court. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Beown,
On September 8,1914, Beny Fedorowicz was sentenced by the Court of Quarter Sessions of Schuylkill County to undergo imprisonment in the county jail, at hard labor, for his neglect to maintain his wife and six minor children. This sentence was imposed under the provisions of the Act of June 12,1913, P. L. 502. After he had been imprisoned for sixty-six days he presented a petition to the Court of Common Pleas of the county, asking for a mandamus, directed to the county commissioners, to compel them to pay to his wife, out of the funds of the county, the sum of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dorsey & Macklin, & Donnelly & Co.'s AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
- Dailey v. Potter CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Fedorowicz v. BrobstSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
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